Youth held in Salt with 11.745 kg ganja, car seized
Salt police arrested 23-year-old Shubham Singh Rawat near Jhad village on 4 November 2026 after finding 11.745 kg of ganja in the Ford EcoSport he was driving. Police seized the car and registered a case under the NDPS Act and the Indian Forest Act, valuing the ganja at about Rs 293,625.
🇮🇳 Bend about 1 km before Jhad village, Salt, Almora district, Uttarakhand · India
Salt police arrested a youth with 11.745 kg of ganja during a vehicle check.[1]The check was held on 4 November at a bend about one kilometre before Jhad
village.[2]Officers stopped an EcoSport Ford car numbered HR10-AB-4777 and
searched it.[2]The driver was 23-year-old Shubham Singh Rawat of Gwali
village in Salt.[2]His current address was given as Shakti Nagar, Sector 13,
Chandigarh.[3]
Police recovered 11.745 kg of ganja from his possession.[1]Officers also
seized 38 packets of pine-bark sawdust and 60 packets of pine-bark blocks from
the car.[1]Police put the value of the seized ganja at about Rs 293,625.[3]The car used for smuggling was seized.[3]
Police registered case number 22/2026 against him under NDPS Act sections
8/20/60 and Indian Forest Act sections 26/42.[2]Police said they are
questioning him about the sources of the ganja trade and others involved.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
11.745 kg
Vehicles confiscated
1
Value (official estimate)
INR 293,625
Agency
Salt police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (11.745 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Vehicle
Charge
NDPS Act (sections 8/20/60) and Indian Forest Act (sections 26/42)
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Uttarakhand
Sources
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIसल्ट में कार से 11.745 किलो गांजा मिला: युवक गिरफ्तार; 60 गुटकों के पैकेट भी मिले, गांजे की कीमत 2.93 लाख रुपये - Almora News
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