A joint team of the Anti-Narcotic Task Force and Telibandha police arrested two accused in Raipur.[1] The action followed a 13 November 2026 tip-off that two persons near Muktidham on Ring Road No. 1 were moving around to sell ganja.[1] The joint team reached the spot, cordoned it and caught both suspects as they tried to flee.[1] The two were identified as 55-year-old Ganesh Ram Patel and 30-year-old Shera Kulharia, residents of Subhash Nagar Devarpara, Telibandha.[1] A second account says the joint team identified the pair from the informer’s description and caught them after they tried to run on seeing police.[2] A third report describes the same first action, naming Ganesh Ram Patel (55) and Shera Kulharia (30) of Subhash Nagar Devarpara, Telibandha, caught near Muktidham on Ring Road No. 1.[3]

A search of the sack the pair carried found 1.873 kg of ganja.[1] Police valued the seized ganja at about 93,650 rupees.[1] The second account likewise says the sack search yielded 1.873 kg of ganja and both men were arrested.[2] The third report likewise says the sack they carried held 1.873 kg of ganja.[3] Police registered crime number 508/26 against both men at Telibandha police station under section 20(b) of the Narcotics Act.[1] The second account records the case as crime 508/26 under section 20(b) of the NDPS Act at Telibandha.[2] Police were examining the ganja supply, transport and sale network.[1] Officers were working to establish where the pair got the ganja and to whom they planned to sell it.[1]