Shopkeeper held as 136 g of ganja found in Nawada grocery shop
Rajauli police in Nawada district raided a grocery shop in Kalali Gali, Takiya Mohalla, and arrested owner Rajendra Choudhury after finding 136 grams of ganja. Police registered an NDPS Act case and produced him in court, sending him to judicial custody.
Rajauli police arrested grocery shop owner Rajendra Choudhury for allegedly
running an illegal ganja trade behind his shop.[1]Officers searched the
grocery shop inside Choudhury’s house at Kalali Gali, Takiya Mohalla in Rajauli
Bazar, Nawada district, after verifying a secret tip-off.[1]Choudhury, a
resident of the same Kalali Gali neighbourhood, was arrested at the spot.[1]Sub-Inspector Sachin Kumar led the raid.[1]
Police recovered 136 grams of ganja in the raid.[1]Dainik Bhaskar reported
the ganja was found in the shop desk’s second drawer after police acted on
information that ganja was being sold at the shop near the river.[2]It
identified the shopkeeper as Rajendra Choudhury, son of late Tunnu Choudhury of
Kalali Gali, Takiya Mohalla.[2]
Police registered a case and produced the detained shopkeeper in court after
completing legal formalities.[1]A first information report was registered
against him under the NDPS Act, and he was sent to judicial custody after a
medical examination on Thursday.[2]Station chief Ranjit Kumar said the drive
against the drug trade in the area would continue.[1]
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Dainik Bhaskar also reports the arrest of a second man, Bali Manjhi of Phulwaria village, on a Special Excise Court proclamation warrant in the same operation; he is not counted here because that warrant case is not shown to be cannabis-related.
No value estimate for the 136 grams of ganja was published.
No plea or further court outcome beyond registration of the case and judicial custody was reported.
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
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.
