Husband and wife arrested with 8.5 kg of ganja at a Bastar checkpoint
Nagarnar police arrested Narendra Das, 21, and his wife Sanchita Das, 20, at a checkpoint near Dhanpunji in Bastar district on 27 October 2026 and found 8.5 kg of ganja in their bag. The couple, from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, had brought the cannabis from Odisha, police said; officers valued it at about ₹4.25 lakh and registered a case under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Dhanpunji RTO checkpoint, National Highway 63, Nagarnar, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh · India
Nagarnar police arrested a husband and wife who were taking ganja from Odisha to
Mathura.[1][2]The checkpoint is on National Highway 63.[1][2]They were Narendra
Das, 21, and Sanchita Das, 20, from Vrindavan Gate in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh,
police said.[3][2]
Police valued the cannabis at about ₹4.25 lakh, or 425,000 rupees.[4][2]A case
was registered against both under section 20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, known as the NDPS Act, as crime No. 151/2026.[3][2]The case is under further investigation.[3][2]
Bastar district borders Odisha, and the Dhanpunji RTO checkpoint is on one of
the main routes from the state.[5]Police were still trying to establish where
the cannabis was bought and who was to receive it in Mathura.[5]
Officers searching their bag found four packets of ganja.[2]Officers also seized cash and a mobile phone alongside the 8.5 kg of ganja.[2]
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The reports do not say whether the couple has appeared in court or whether a charge sheet has been filed.
The reports differ slightly on whether the couple was travelling or waiting for a vehicle when police stopped them; all place the stop at the Dhanpunji checkpoint.
The ₹4.25 lakh value is a police estimate; the reports do not say how it was calculated.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in State Media Service: Police stopped them at the Dhanpunji RTO checkpoint in Bastar district on 27 October 2026.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Gazette: Officers searching their blue bag found four packets of ganja, or cannabis, weighing 8.5 kg.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Gazette: They also seized ₹120 in cash and a Lava Android mobile phone.
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Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
