Ganj police in Raipur arrested 26-year-old Shivam Mishra, son of Chhail Bihari Mishra.[1][2][3] Mishra is a resident of Umaria village in Itwa police-station area of Siddharthnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.[1][2][3] Police said he had brought ganja from Odisha to Raipur and was preparing to sell it.[1][2][3] On 3 November, an informant told police that a youth in a red full shirt and black trousers was standing on Naharpara Road near Anandam School with a leather bag containing ganja brought from Odisha.[1] The informant said he was looking for customers to sell the ganja in Raipur, after which the police team reached the spot, cordoned the area and caught the suspect.[1]
Police said he was carrying the ganja in four separate packets in the bag while looking for a customer.[1] The search of the leather bag recovered ganja in four white wrappers, which weighed a total of 3 kg 710 g on an electronic scale.[1] Police valued the seized 3.71 kg of ganja at about Rs 185,000.[1][2]
Ganj station in-charge Deepak Paswan said a case was registered at Ganj police station as crime number 323/2026 under Section 20(B) of the NDPS Act.[1][3] The accused was arrested and sent to court for judicial remand.[1]
A joint team of the Anti Crime and Cyber Unit, the Anti Narcotic Task Force and Ganj police reached the spot and identified the suspect.[2][3] The accused tried to flee on seeing the police team but was surrounded and caught.[2][3] Police are questioning the accused about the availability, transport and sale network and tracing the sources and potential buyers.[2][3]
