Three arrested as Paikmal police seize 25 kg of ganja
Paikmal police arrested three people and said a fourth accused was absconding after seizing 25 kilograms of ganja from a Chhattisgarh-registered car during checks on the Biju Expressway in Bargarh district. Officers also seized the car and three mobile phones and began an investigation.
🇮🇳 Biju Expressway, Paikmal, Bargarh · India
- Arrested
- 3
- Cannabis
- 25 kg
Paikmal police arrested three accused after identifying and seizing 25 kilograms
of ganja during vehicle checks carried out in Bargarh district, Odisha.[1]
Ganja is the name used locally for cannabis.[1] Police said that another
accused was absconding and had not been detained.[1] The three people were
arrested in the same incident in which the cannabis was seized.[1]
The ganja came to light during vehicle checks on the Biju Expressway.[1] As
part of those checks, officers inspected a car with a Chhattisgarh registration
number.[1] Searching that car on the expressway is what brought the ganja to
light.[1] Paikmal police were the officers who identified the 25 kilograms and
took possession of it.[1]
Police seized three mobile phones from the accused.[1] They also seized the
car that officers had inspected on the Biju Expressway.[1] After seizing the
phones and the car, police began an investigation.[1] Police said the ganja
they had identified and seized in the district checks weighed 25 kilograms.[1]
Sources
- 25 కిలోల గంజాయి పట్టివేత. Eenadu, 30 October 2026. In Telugu.
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives no separate date for the vehicle check; 30 October 2026 is the publication date.
- The exact point on the Biju Expressway was not stated, so the coordinates are for Paikmal town, whose police made the seizure.
- No names, ages, charges or court outcome were reported, and police said one accused was still absconding.
- No value was given for the 25 kilograms.
- Only one source could be opened; no Odia or English account of this seizure was found.
- The photograph has no caption or credit, so it is not certain it shows this seizure rather than file art, though it is the image published with the report.
- The same Eenadu page is a Bargarh district roundup; the crop-compensation, market and fishery items on the page are separate events and are left out.
