Officers of the Rajasthan Police CID Crime Branch special team arrested Rakesh Kumar of Khirod in Jhunjhunu after stopping a Swift car in the Balara police-station area of Sikar district.[1] The action took place late on Wednesday 11 November 2026.[1] A tip said the Swift car, registration RJ 18 CF 2905, was carrying suspicious goods from Sikar through Laxmangarh toward Jhunjhunu.[1] When officers tried to stop the car coming from the Laxmangarh side, the driver swerved and tried to flee, then locked the doors and tried to drive off again before the team brought him under control.[1]
A search of the back seat and boot found 20 packets of ganja, the Hindi name for cannabis, in two sacks.[2] A yellow sack near the back seat held 16 kg 370 g and a white sack in the boot held 25 kg 140 g, a total of 41 kg 510 g.[1] Police estimated the consignment’s value on the international market at about 21 lakh rupees.[2]
Police registered a case under the NDPS Act at Balara police station in Sikar district and arrested Rakesh Kumar.[1] Further investigation was assigned to Dadia station house officer Sanjay Punia.[1] Kumar told officers the ganja and the car belonged to his companion Vikas Kumar Dhinwa of Sevapura in Khirod, who he said had left the car a short distance earlier and told him to phone once he had gone ahead.[1] Police said Dhinwa was involved in the narcotics trade on a large scale, and they were searching for him and investigating the trafficking network.[1] Police were also trying to establish where the ganja had come from and who it was to be supplied to.[2]
