One arrested with 2.15 kg of ganja near Noida's Pushta Road
Sector-126 police in Noida arrested 26-year-old Siddharth Sharma on 29 October 2026 near Garhi Kat on Pushta Road, Sector 128, and seized 2 kg 150 g of ganja from him. Police said he brought the drug from Delhi and sold it in small packets; Amar Ujala put the haul at about 2.25 kg.
🇮🇳 Pushta Road near Garhi Kat, Sector 128, Noida, Uttar Pradesh · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 2.2 kg
Sector-126 police in Noida arrested Siddharth Sharma, 26, on 29 October 2026 on
Pushta Road near Garhi Kat in Sector 128.[1] A search found 2 kg 150 g of
ganja on him, police said.[1] Police gave his address as Gali No. 2 near Japto
Store, Garhi Shahpur, Sector 128.[1] Amar Ujala put the quantity at “sava do
kilo”, about 2.25 kg.[2]
Police were patrolling the JP Wishtown police post area when they received a tip
that a young man was standing with ganja near Garhi Kat.[2] Officers
surrounded him and caught him.[2] Police said Sharma brought the drug from
Delhi and sold it to labourers and passers-by in small packets.[2]
Police registered case 192/2026 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, India’s main drug law.[1] Police also said Sharma had earlier
been booked at Sector-24 station for theft and under the NDPS Act, and at
Sector-126 under the Arms Act.[1] Sector-126 station house officer Sumneesh
Kumar said a first information report (FIR), the initial police report that
opens a criminal case in India, had been registered and further action was under
way.[2]
Sources
- गौतमबुद्धनगर: नोएडा में गांजा तस्करी पर पुलिस का शिकंजा, 2 किलो 150 ग्राम गांजे के साथ आरोपी गिरफ्तार!!. Do Took Media, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- Noida News: पुश्ता रोड पर गांजे के साथ तस्कर गिरफ्तार. Amar Ujala, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- Amar Ujala described the haul as “sava do kilo” (about 2.25 kg), while the police account reported 2 kg 150 g (2.15 kg); the report uses 2.15 kg.
- Police said the accused had earlier theft, NDPS and Arms Act cases; those earlier cases were not independently confirmed.
- No charge sheet, court appearance or custody decision has been reported.
- Neither report carried a captioned photograph that could be confirmed as showing this arrest, so no media is linked.