8 held with 5.1 kg ganja in North East Delhi crackdown
Delhi Police arrested eight people and seized 5.098 kg of ganja during the 10-day 'shuddh prahar' crackdown in North East Delhi from 20 to 29 October 2026. The cannabis cases were part of a wider drive in which police reported 569 arrests in various criminal cases.
Officers seized5.098 kilograms of ganja from those eight people.[1][2]The
cannabis arrests were part of a wider operation named ‘shuddh prahar’ held from
20 to 29 October, which police said targeted habitual offenders, bootleggers,
drug peddlers, gamblers and other anti-social elements.[1][2]
Police said 569 people were arrested in various criminal cases across the 10-day
drive.[1][2]Police also reported 48 Arms Act arrests with one country-made
pistol, one live cartridge and 46 knives recovered, plus 24 Excise Act arrests,
75 gambling arrests and 46 cheating arrests.[1]
During the drive police found two illegal firecracker manufacturing units and
one factory allegedly making adulterated ghee.[1]Apart from arrests, police
said they took preventive action against 6,103 people and seized 266 vehicles
under the Delhi Police Act to deter crime and maintain public order.[1]
Eight people were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[2]Police reported recovering 161 remote radio units valued at around Rs 4 crore.[2]Police reported seizing 828.1 kilograms of firecrackers from those held in the firecracker cases.[2]Police reported seizing 221.5 kilograms of adulterated ghee with its manufacturing equipment.[2]
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Rediffrediff.comDelhi Police Arrests 569 In Pre-Festive Crackdown
Dinamanidinamani.comTAதில்லியில் 10 நாள் அதிரடி சோதனை: வடகிழக்கு தில்லியில் 569 போ் கைது
Open questions the AI reported
The operation ran 20 to 29 October 2026; 29 October is used as the incident date while 31 October is the publication date.
Figures show only the cannabis-specific 8 arrests and 5.098 kg of ganja; the 569 total and other recoveries are wider-drive context kept out of cannabis figures.
The reports give no names, seizure locations, charges or court outcome for the eight NDPS detainees.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dinamani: Delhi Police arrested eight people under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act during a 10-day festive-season crackdown in North East Delhi.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dinamani: Alongside the ganja, police reported recovering 161 remote radio units valued at around Rs 4 crore, 828.1 kilograms of firecrackers and 221.5 kilograms of adulterated ghee.
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.
