Man held with 1.686 kg ganja near Khirsara Palace, Rajkot
Rural Anti-Narcotics Wing officers detained an Uttar Pradesh native near Khirsara Palace in Rajkot with 1.686 kg of ganja. Police valued the ganja at Rs 84,300 and registered a drug case while tracing the intended receiver.
🇮🇳 near Khirsara Palace, Metoda GIDC, Rajkot, Gujarat · India
Arrested
1
Cannabis
1.686 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 84,300
Rural Anti-Narcotics Wing officers detained Sarfaraz Hussain Pir Muhammad, a
native of Uttar Pradesh living in a room at Hard Machine Tools near Gate No. 3
of Metoda GIDC.[1]They stopped him near the Ahaba Pir shrine on the road from
Khirsara Palace toward Motavada village, where he stood suspiciously holding a
backpack that held ganja.[1]Officers caught the suspected carrier before he
could deliver the ganja to a peddler and opened an inquiry to trace the
receiver.[1]Police said he had bought the ganja from an unidentified man near
the railway track in Surat, and they were still investigating where it was to be
supplied.[1]
Officers seized1.686 kg of ganja valued by police at Rs 84,300, plus a mobile
phone, for total seized property worth Rs 89,300.[1]
Rajkot rural superintendent Vijay Singh Gurjar had ordered action against drug
sellers and buyers under the Say No To Drugs campaign, and the patrol was led by
Anti-Narcotics Wing in-charge J. A. Khachar with G. J. Jhala and other
personnel.[1]The team was patrolling the Metoda GIDC area in a private Swift
car when it spotted the suspect.[2]
Photos and video
Lead photo captioned as the man from UP caught near Khirsara Palace with ganja worth Rs 84,000. Source: Abtak Media
The articles give no separate date for the patrol; 4 November 2026 is their publication date and is used as the incident date.
Police value the ganja at Rs 84,300 within total property of Rs 89,300 including a mobile phone; only the ganja value is recorded as value.
A case under the NDPS Act was registered at Metoda GIDC station, but no charge, custody decision or court outcome was reported.
Police were still tracing the intended receiver and the unidentified Surat supplier at publication time.
Sanj Samachar rounds the total seizure to Rs 90,000 while the detailed accounts give Rs 89,300; the report uses the detailed figure.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Akila News: Police registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, India's drug law, at the Metoda GIDC police station.
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