Five held with 22 kg of ganja near a bar in Rajamahendravaram
Police in Rajamahendravaram city, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, arrested five men from an inter-state gang on 5 September 2026 and seized 22 kilograms of ganja near a bar. A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
🇮🇳 Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh · India
Police in Rajamahendravaram city, East Godavari district, arrested five men from
an inter-state gang on Saturday 5 September 2026.[1]Officers seized22
kilograms of ganja in the operation, which took place near a bar in the city.[1]
East Godavari Assistant Superintendent of Police Patil Devraj identified the
five accused: Sk. Sadhaq Ali of Rajamahendravaram, Rahat Ali of Uttar Pradesh,
Irfan and Sumit Kumar Misra of Haryana, and Sandeep Kumar of Bihar.[1]
A case was registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1985.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
5
Cannabis
22 kg
Agency
Andhra Pradesh Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (22 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Andhra Pradesh
Sources
The Hinduthehindu.comFive-member gang held, 22kg of ganja seized in Rajamahendravaram
Open questions the AI reported
No street value for the 22 kg of ganja was published.
The report does not say where the ganja was going, how it was being carried, or what each man is accused of doing.
No court step is reported; police only said a case had been registered under the NDPS Act.
No other outlet or police statement reporting this arrest could be opened, so the account rests on a single newspaper report.
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