Nashik police seized 332 kg of ganja in three years, 48 arrested
Maharashtra governor Jishnu Dev Varma honoured Nashik police commissioner Sandeep Karnik on 28 October 2026 for the city police's anti-drug drive. Police figures for the three years to October 2026 record 30 ganja cases, 332.088 kg of ganja seized and 48 people arrested, with the ganja valued at Rs 49.69 lakh.
Nashik city police commissioner Sandeep Karnik was honoured at a ‘say no to
drugs’ oath-taking ceremony on Wednesday 28 October 2026.[1]Maharashtra
governor Jishnu Dev Varma felicitated Karnik for the city police’s efforts
against drug trafficking and substance abuse.[2]The ceremony took place at
Mahakavi Kalidas Kalamandir during the Sashakt Yuva, Sashakt Bharat
anti-addiction event.[2]Varma urged young people to stay away from substance
abuse and contribute to nation-building.[2]In 30 ganja cases, officers seized332.088 kg of ganja and arrested 48 people.[3]
Police valued the ganja at Rs 49.69 lakh.[2]The same tally recorded bhang and
charas seizures in separate cases.[2]The campaign has run since Karnik took
charge in November 2023.[2]
Between November 2023 and October 2026, the city police registered 79 narcotics
cases.[2]Mephedrone, a synthetic stimulant known locally as MD, was the
largest category, with 41 cases.[2]The campaign extended to other districts
to trace trafficking networks.[1]Karnik said the police had been taking
feedback from citizens through corner meetings, at jogging tracks, on X and on
the commissioner’s WhatsApp number.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
48
Cannabis
332.088 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 4,969,926
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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The figures are a three-year total for Nashik city police, not one raid; the sources give no dates for the individual cases.
28 October 2026 is the date of the felicitation reported with the figures, not a date for any of the seizures.
The same tally records four bhang cases (280.645 kg, eight arrests) and 49 g of charas (one arrest) in separate cases, left out of this report's figures.
The campaign's overall total covers all drugs: 79 cases, 174 arrests and narcotics worth Rs 2.16 crore, mostly mephedrone.
The sources do not say how many of the arrested people were charged or what happened in court.
Sakal gives the charas value as about Rs 24,900, while the Times of India gives Rs 24,500.
No police statement or charge sheet was opened; the figures rest on police data repeated by three outlets.
Mahabubabad district police destroyed 99.688 kg of dry ganja, valued at Rs 49.84 lakh, seized in 19 NDPS cases. The court-approved disposal took place at a biomedical waste facility at Gopalpet in Khammam district under the district Drug Disposal Committee.
Gurgaon Traffic Police intercepted two people carrying cannabis at Nainwal Cut in Manesar and recovered 12kg, handing them to the local police station for investigation. The seizure was reported as part of traffic police crime-prevention work over the past 30 days.
Police in Bihar's Kosi division seized 8,254.794 kilograms of ganja during an ongoing anti-narcotics campaign across Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura districts launched in February 2026. Authorities sent 2,717 suspected traffickers to jail across all contraband categories, with recent weekly operations recovering another 52.1 kg of ganja and arresting 13 people on dry-narcotics offences.
A joint GRP, RPF and NCB team seized 31.15 kg of ganja in seven packets from a minor carrying two bags on train No. 19484 at Ara Junction. The child was sent to a remand home for production before the Juvenile Justice Board.