The Muzaffarpur unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), India’s customs intelligence agency, arrested five men with about ten and a half kilograms of ganja near Kunwari Chowk in Motihari on the night of Wednesday 4 November 2026.[1][2][3] The arrested men were Bhulan Kumar and Shyam Kumar of Ward 8 and Gulshan Kumar of Ward 7 in Adapur, and Mukesh Sah of Ward 12 and Radheshyam Sahni of Ward 13 in Sareya Khwas, which falls under Govindganj police station, all in East Champaran district.[1][2][3] Dainik Bhaskar puts the seizure at 10.550 kilograms and says the consignment was brought from Satganj in Nepal and meant to be sold in Motihari and nearby areas.[4][2]

The men had brought the load in bags in a hired car and were about to deliver it by motorcycle, the DRI team said.[1] Officers seized Rs 45,000 in cash and two motorcycles from the men.[1][2][3] Dainik Bhaskar reports that the joint team was formed from the 71st Battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), India’s border guard, in Motihari and the DRI’s Muzaffarpur unit, and that it set up the cordon about 30 kilometres inside the India-Nepal border from border pillar 376.[4]

The DRI’s intelligence officer registered an FIR against all five, and they were produced on Thursday before the special court of the principal district and sessions judge in Motihari, which sent all of them to jail.[1][3] The DRI, which usually handles customs and smuggling cases, is the national agency behind a run of cannabis seizures across India in recent months, including ganja and charas hauls in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.[1]

Officers also seized five smartphones from the men.[2]

After completing the legal paperwork, all five accused were sent to jail in judicial custody.[3]