Three arrested with 14.97 kg of ganja at Raipur's Telghani Naka
Raipur police arrested three people, including a woman, near the Telghani Naka overbridge on 28 October 2026 and seized 14.970 kg of ganja that police valued at about ₹7,48,500. Police said the three, two Rajasthan men and a Raipur woman, had brought the cannabis from Odisha to sell in the city and registered a case under section 20(b) of the NDPS Act.
Raipur police arrested three people, including a woman, near the Telghani Naka
overbridge under Ganj police station on 28 October 2026.[1]Officers seized14.970 kg of ganja (cannabis) from them.[2]Police valued the haul at about
₹7,48,500.[2]The arrests were made by a joint team of Ganj police station,
the Anti-Crime and Cyber Unit and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force, acting on a
tip-off.[3]
The three were Gajendra Panchal, 34, Neeraj Tomar, 21, and Shabana Lodhi, 33.[4]Panchal and Tomar are from Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, and Lodhi is
Tomar’s wife.[1]All three were also living in Raipur.[4]Lodhi had
previously been jailed in an NDPS case in Nagpur.[4]
When officers tried to question them, the three fled, but police cordoned off
the area and caught them.[2]Police registered a case under section 20(b) of
the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Ganj police
station, crime number 319/26.[4]They said they were looking for the suppliers
and potential buyers.[4]
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The three arrested suspects seated with Ganj police officers, with bags and the seized cannabis in front of them. Photo: ETV BharatPhoto details
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