Two held with 13.17 kg ganja at Mahli checkpoint, Nawanshahr
Behram police stopped an auto-rickshaw at a Diwali checkpoint at Mahli in Nawanshahr and seized 13.17 kg of ganja from a plastic bag inside. The report names two Ludhiana residents as arrested and says a case under the NDPS Act was registered.
🇮🇳 Mahli checkpoint near Behram, Nawanshahr, Punjab · India
Behram police arrested people with 13 kg170 g of ganja.[1]A police team
under Sub-Inspector Shinderpal was conducting a special hi-tech blockade at
Mahli to check suspicious people and vehicles for the Diwali festival.[1]
The team saw an auto-rickshaw coming from the Phagwara side, whose driver
panicked on seeing the police checkpoint, braked and tried to turn the vehicle
back.[1]The police team stopped the auto-rickshaw with the help of other
officers.[1]A search of a plastic bag found inside the vehicle recovered 13
kg170 g of ganja.[1]
The arrested people were identified as Vijay, son of Mangat Ram of Ludhiana, and
Navneet Pathak alias Raja, son of Roop Kant Pathak of Krishna Nagar, Bhamia
Khurd, Mundian Kalan, Jamalpur police station, Ludhiana district.[1]A case
was registered against the accused under the NDPS Act and further legal
proceedings were started.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The headline and opening line say one person was arrested, but the body names two arrested people, Vijay and Navneet Pathak alias Raja; the report uses two arrested following the body's named count.
The article gives no separate date for the checkpoint stop; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
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