Noida police arrested 54 people in a special drive against criminals across the district’s various police-station areas, recovering illicit ganja, country and Haryana-brand liquor, and knives.[1] Sector 24 police arrested Sunil Ram for allegedly running a betting operation, while Phase-1 police recovered betting slips from Neeraj Thakur.[1]

In ganja-trafficking cases, police recovered 830 grams of ganja from Arif, one kilogram from Karan Jatav and 600 grams from Arya Bhatt.[1] Jarcha police arrested Afak near Kalauda village with 4.7 kg of ganja.[1] Questioning found that he brought ganja from Delhi and sold it in the National Capital Region.[1]

Police also recovered 25 to 112 pouches or packets of country liquor from the accused, and Haryana-brand liquor from some of them.[1] The drive spanned station areas including Badalpur, Bisrakh, Ecotech-3, Phase-2, Phase-3, Surajpur and Sector 142, where knives and liquor pouches and packets were recovered.[1] Illicit liquor, knives and ganja were also recovered in the Sector 20, Sector 24, Sector 126, Sector 49, Phase-1, Beta-2 and Jewar station areas.[1]