Piran Kaliyar police arrest driver with 1.22 kg of charas worth Rs 4 lakh
Piran Kaliyar police in Haridwar district stopped a car near Bedpur Chowk on 9 November 2026 and arrested a 26-year-old driver after finding 1 kg 222 g of charas, which police valued at about four lakh rupees. Police seized the car and a mobile phone and registered an NDPS Act case under sections 8, 20 and 60.
🇮🇳 Near Bedpur Chowk, Piran Kaliyar, Haridwar district, Uttarakhand · India
Piran Kaliyar police in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, arrested a 26-year-old
man after stopping and searching a car near Bedpur Chowk.[1]The checking took
place on 9 November under a team led by station house officer Kamal Mohan
Bhandari.[1]
Officers seized1 kg222 g of charas, a cannabis resin, from him.[1]Police
put the international market value of the charas at about four lakh rupees.[1]Police also seized a Renault Kwid car registered as UK08BL3527 and an Oppo F-27
Pro mobile phone said to have been used in the smuggling.[1]
Police said the man told them he collected small quantities of charas from drug
users in his village and nearby villages and then sold it at high prices in the
Kaliyar area.[1]Police said he works as a driver and joined the drug trade to
cover his expenses and earn more money.[1]
A case was registered against him at Piran Kaliyar police station under sections
8, 20 and 60 of the NDPS Act, India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Act.[1]He was being produced in court and police were gathering information
about his criminal history.[1]Police described the arrest as part of
Operation Prahar and the Nasha Mukt Devbhoomi-2026 campaign, district drives
against drug trafficking ordered by the Haridwar senior superintendent of
police.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
1.222 kg
Vehicles confiscated
1
Value (official estimate)
INR 400,000
Agency
Piran Kaliyar police station, Haridwar district police
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