Mau police arrest 20-year-old with 13.37 kg of ganja in car
Police at Muhammadabad station in Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, arrested 20-year-old Karthikeya Tiwari on 30 October 2026 after finding 13.370 kg of ganja in the car he was driving during a night check. A case was registered under section 8/20 of the NDPS Act, the Alto K-10 used to carry the drug was seized, and police estimated the ganja's value at about ₹1.40 lakh.
🇮🇳 Muhammadabad Gohna, Mau district, Uttar Pradesh · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 13.37 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 140,000
Police at Muhammadabad station in Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, arrested
Karthikeya Tiwari during a night patrol and vehicle check on 30 October 2026.[1] Tiwari, 20, is the son of Prabhakar Tiwari and lives in Bhaduli, in the
Sidhari police station area of Azamgarh district.[2] Police found 13 kg 370 g
of ganja (cannabis), a mobile phone and ₹400 in the car, Dainik Bhaskar
reported.[3] The phone was an Oppo touchscreen, and police seized the Alto
K-10 used to carry the drug, registered UP 50 AP 3330.[2]
Police put the ganja’s estimated value at about ₹1.40 lakh.[2] A case, crime
no. 370/2026, was registered at Muhammadabad Gohna police station under section
8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.[2] Police
filed a charge sheet and sent Tiwari to court.[2] Police said the operation
came under a special checking campaign ordered by the additional director
general of police for the Varanasi zone, supervised by the Azamgarh range deputy
inspector general and directed by Mau superintendent of police Sarvesh Kumar
Mishra.[2]
Sources
- मऊ : अवैध गांजा के साथ कार्तिकेय तिवारी गिरफ्तार. AIMA Media, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- मऊ : नशे का सौदागर अवैध गांजे के साथ गिरफ्तार,13 किलो गांजा बरामद,ऑल्टो कार जब्त।. Do Took Media, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- कार से 13.370 किलो गांजा मिला, युवक गिरफ्तार: मुहम्मदाबाद गोहना में पुलिस ने मोबाइल फोन और 400 रुपए भी जब्त किए. Dainik Bhaskar, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- No court date, plea or outcome was reported; the accounts end with Tiwari sent to court after a charge sheet was filed.
- The reports describe a night patrol and checking on 30 October 2026 but give no time of day for the arrest.
- AIMA Media and Do Took Media give Tiwari's village as Bhaduli (भदुली), while Dainik Bhaskar gives Bhatoli (भटोली); all place it in the Sidhari police station area of Azamgarh district.
- Dainik Bhaskar's Mau page lists a 38-second video with this report; no player address could be recovered, so it is not listed.
- All three accounts rest on police statements; no independent account of the arrest was found.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: Officers stopped and searched his car near the Ramghat Bandha turn.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: Police said Tiwari was involved in drug trafficking.
