Two Nagpur women arrested with 1.972 kg ganja in Raipur
Raipur police arrested two Nagpur women near Babar Bungalow in Kotwali on 1 November 2026 and seized 1.972 kg of ganja. Police valued the ganja at about Rs 98,600 and registered an NDPS case while tracing its source and intended buyers.
🇮🇳 Near Babar Bungalow, Ahmed Ji Colony, Kotwali, Raipur, Chhattisgarh · India
The joint action was carried out on 1 November by the Anti-Crime and Cyber Unit,
the Anti-Narcotic Task Force and Kotwali police.[1]Police arrested two women
traffickers from Nagpur in Raipur with ganja worth about Rs 98,000.[2]The
women were identified as 60-year-old Ranjana alias Rajna Patre and 45-year-old
Seema alias Neelam Patre, residents of Nagpur in Maharashtra.[1]They were
found near Babar Bungalow in Ahmed Ji Colony carrying ganja and looking for
buyers under a tamarind tree.[1]When police tried to question them, both
started to flee, but the team surrounded and caught them.[1]
Police put the estimated value of the seized ganja at Rs 98,600.[3]
Police registered Crime No. 415/26 at Kotwali police station and invoked Section
20(B) of the NDPS Act against both women.[3]Police said both women had
previously gone to jail in theft cases.[1]Police said they were questioning
the women to find where they got the ganja and to whom it was to be supplied in
Raipur.[1]
Photos and video
Lead photo on the source page for this seizure reportPhoto details
Video report on the Kotwali ganja seizure and arrests Source: Dainik Bhaskar
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
1.972 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 98,600
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIरायपुर में नागपुर की 2 महिला तस्कर गिरफ्तार:98 हजार का गांजा बरामद, दोनों पहले चोरी के मामलों में जा चुकी हैं जेल
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIरायपुर में नागपुर की 2 महिला तस्कर गिरफ्तार: 98 हजार का गांजा बरामद, दोनों पहले चोरी के मामलों में जा चुकी हैं जेल - Raipur News
No court outcome beyond arrest and NDPS case registration was reported.
The sources do not yet establish where the ganja came from or who the intended buyers in Raipur were; police said backward and forward linkages were under investigation.
Whether the lead photo on the Bhaskar page shows this seizure was not established from its caption.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: A search of the bag they were carrying yielded 1.972 kg of ganja.
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