North Goa police arrest 94 in drug crackdown, seize 49.2 kg of narcotics
North Goa Police's anti-drug-trafficking drive this year has registered 74 NDPS cases and arrested 94 persons, seizing about 49.2 kg of drugs valued at over ₹1.92 crore. November's new round included 4 arrests, 67 g of charas and 105 g of ganja in separate raids.
In an intensified anti-drug-trafficking drive, North Goa Police registered a
total of 74 cases under the NDPS Act by November 2026.[1]
94 persons had been arrested in those operations: 26 Goans, 54 residents of
other states and 14 foreign nationals.[1]
Police said they had seized a total of 49 kg226 g280 mg of drugs in the drive,
which they valued at about ₹1,92,73,420.[1]
In November, three new cases were registered under the NDPS Act, with four
persons arrested in operations by Hanjwal and Pernem police stations, including
one absconder in an earlier case.[1]
On 11 November 2026, police arrested a 26-year-old from Karaswada in connection
with 14 LSD blot papers seized earlier in the month.[1]
On 10 November, Hanjwal police raided near Siolim’s football ground and seized
67 grams of charas worth about ₹67,000 from a Himachal Pradesh native.[1]
Pernem police laid a roadblock and detained a local man, seizing 105.23 grams of
ganja and 3.24 grams of MDMA from him.[1]
Police also apprehended a 36-year-old absconder from Jammu and Kashmir, a
fugitive in an older case registered at Pernem police station.[1]
A special team arrested the absconder at a hotel in Pushkar, Rajasthan on 11
November 2026.[1]
Digital Goa separately reported that North Goa police had registered 74 NDPS
cases and arrested 94 persons this year, with 26 Goans, 54 persons from other
states and 14 foreign nationals among those arrested.[2]
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Dainik Gomantak illustration used for its North Goa drug-crackdown report. Photo: Dainik GomantakPhoto details
The 49.226 kg total mixes cannabis (ganja, charas) with LSD, MDMA, ecstasy and ketamine; no source splits a cannabis-only weight, so no separate cannabis figure is recorded.
The drive's start date and the exact period covered by the 74 cases are not specified; 13 November 2026 is used as the incident date from the publication.
Charges and court outcomes for the November arrests were not reported in these sources.
No figure for the value of drugs destroyed or confiscated separately was published.
Police seized about 20 kg of ganja from two suspect courier packets at a logistics warehouse near Dhoom Manikpur in Greater Noida. The packets had been booked in Odisha for delivery in Delhi, and police valued the haul at about Rs 10 lakh.
Karimnagar district police burned about 19 kg of ganja, valued at Rs 9.50 lakh, seized in 47 NDPS cases across various police station limits in Jagityal town. District SP Ashok Kumar said the disposal followed the district Drug Disposal Committee, NDPS Act provisions and environmental pollution control guidelines.
Police seized five kilograms of ganja at Chillagumpu in Dammapeta mandal, Bhadradri Kothagudem district. Circle Inspector Nagaraju Reddy said police would expand patrolling and act firmly against ganja transport and sales as local cases rise.
Kuari police and SSB troops seized 3.06 kg of ganja from an abandoned bag near border pillar 165/6 at Asraha in Araria's Kursakanta block. The young carrier dropped the bag and escaped into Nepal, and police registered a case against the unidentified man.
