Man held with 1.392 kg ganja on Chiryadah road in Pilibhit
Sungarhi police arrested Anil Verma on Chiryadah road in Pilibhit and seized 1.392 kg of ganja, found as 50 pouches and loose material in his bag. Police registered a case under the NDPS Act and sent him to jail after he allegedly named a Sungarhi bhang-shop owner as his supplier.
🇮🇳 Chiryadah road, Sungarhi, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh · India
Sungarhi police in Pilibhit arrested Anil Verma, a resident of Barha village in
the Sungarhi station area and son of Makhanlal, on Chiryadah road.[1]Sungarhi
station in-charge Naresh Tyagi said Assam Road outpost police were conducting
checking at Aliganj crossing on Saturday night when they received the tip.[1][2]Acting on the tip, police laid a cordon on Chiryadah road and caught the youth
as he arrived from the Gayabojh side.[1]After information that he was
carrying an intoxicant, Circle Officer (City) Amarnath Verma reached the spot
and officers searched Verma in his presence.[1]
The search of the bag recovered 1 kg392 g of illegal ganja in the form of 50
pouches of ganja and some loose ganja.[1][2]
On questioning, Verma said he had bought the ganja from Sungarhi resident Tarun
Jaiswal.[1][2]Police said Jaiswal runs a bhang shop near Naugawan crossing.[1]Police registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
(NDPS) Act and sent the accused to jail.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article was published on 2 November 2026 and dates the interception only as Saturday night; 31 October 2026 is the Saturday night before publication.
No second report of this arrest could be found, so the account rests on a single opened source.
No street value for the seized ganja was published.
Whether the named supplier Tarun Jaiswal was arrested, charged or questioned was not reported.
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