Man arrested with 221 g of charas-like substance in Shopian
Shopian police stopped a man from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, at Maldera Link Road in Turkwangam on 7 November 2026 and recovered 221 grams of a charas-like powder and ₹31,500 in cash. An FIR was registered at Police Station Zainapora; no charge or court outcome has been reported.
🇮🇳 Maldera Link Road, Turkwangam, Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir · India
Police in Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir, arrested a suspected drug peddler
on Saturday 7 November 2026 and recovered 221 grams of a charas-like powder and
₹31,500 in cash from him.[1]A police team from Police Post Turkwangam stopped
him during naka checking, a roadside checkpoint search, at Maldera Link Road
after he was seen moving under suspicious circumstances.[1]Kashmir Life
reported the same arrest, putting the recovery at 221 grams of a powder-like
substance suspected to be charas along with ₹31,500 in cash at Maldera Link
Road.[2]
The man police identified as the accused is a resident of Bijnor district in
Uttar Pradesh who had been living at Turkwangam.[1]Police registered FIR No.
137/2026 at Police Station Zainapora and said they were investigating where the
substance came from and where it was going.[1]Kashmir Life said the Shopian
police repeated their commitment to fighting drug trafficking and asked
residents to report drug peddling, illegal cultivation of narcotic plants and
substance abuse.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No laboratory confirmation that the powder was cannabis was published; police and both outlets describe it only as a charas-like substance.
Officials did not give the date or time of the stop; 7 November 2026, the day of both reports and the Saturday they cite, is used as the incident date.
No charge sheet, court appearance or custody decision was reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
The two accounts reproduce the same police statement rather than independent reporting.
No street value was given for the 221 grams, and the cash is described only as recovered, not as proceeds of sales.
Coordinates are for Shopian town, not for Maldera Link Road or Turkwangam.
The lead photo is captioned only with the headline and is not established to show this seizure.
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