Rajkot SOG seized 303 kg ganja in Jan-Oct 2026 drive
Rajkot city SOG said it registered 32 NDPS cases against 57 accused between January and October 2026, seizing 301.869 kg of ganja, 1.125 kg of hybrid ganja and 68.03 g of charas. The same drive also seized opium, mephedrone and posdoda, with SOG putting the combined haul at Rs 2,25,67,662.
Rajkot city SOG registered 32 cases under the NDPS Act and caught 57 accused
between January and October 2026.[1]The city SOG carried out the drive as a
special campaign under its Say No to Drugs mission against the sale, trafficking
and storage of intoxicants.[1]Teams kept drug dealers under watch and
conducted continuous raids under the leadership of SOG PI N.B. Chaudhari.[1]Police claimed Rajkot city SOG ranked first in Gujarat’s district-wise figures
for the most cases registered under the NDPS Act.[1]
In 15 ganja cases, officers seized301.869 kg of ganja from 20 accused.[1]In
two hybrid ganja cases, officers caught 16 accused with 1.125 kg of hybrid
ganja.[1]The same tally included 68.03 grams of charas, the local term for
cannabis resin.[1]
The same January-October operations also covered non-cannabis drugs, namely
opium, mephedrone and posdoda, alongside ganja, hybrid ganja and charas.[1]Officers seized 2.865 kg of opium from three accused in two opium cases in the
same period.[1]Officers also seized about 596.8 grams of mephedrone from 16
accused in 12 cases and 19.300 kg of posdoda in one case.[1]SOG put the
combined value of all the narcotics seized in these operations at Rs
2,25,67,662.[1]SOG said the zero-tolerance action would continue to protect
young people and stop illegal sale and trafficking in the city, and appealed to
citizens to share information about drug sale or trafficking.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives only the January-October 2026 reporting period and its 9 November 2026 publication date; 31 October 2026 is used as the incident date as the end of that period.
The 32 cases and 57 arrests cover all NDPS drugs, not cannabis alone, and no cannabis-only arrest total was published; the charas seizure carries no accused count in the article.
The Rs 2,25,67,662 value covers all seized narcotics together, so no cannabis-only value is entered in figures.
Mephedrone is stated as 596.290 grams and 510 milligrams, recorded in the text as about 596.8 grams; opium, mephedrone and posdoda amounts are mentioned only to explain the mixed tally and are not counted as cannabis.
Only one accessible outlet account of this aggregate was found; no agency statement or second outlet corroboration could be opened.
No charges, remand outcomes or court results beyond the registered cases were reported.
No photo or video established to show this campaign is included.
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