One held with 15 kg of Nepal ganja in an e-rickshaw in Sitamarhi's Bajpatti
A special anti-drug police team arrested a man from Manpaur village near Pataura Bazar in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, and seized 15 kg of ganja hidden behind the driver's seat of his battery e-rickshaw. Police said he had brought the consignment from Nepal to sell in local markets, seized the rickshaw and a phone, and filed a case under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Near Pataura Bazar, Radhaur–Pathrahi road, Bajpatti, Sitamarhi district, Bihar · India
Police in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, arrested a man on Thursday evening near
Pataura Bazar in the Bajpatti police station area and seized15 kg of ganja from
the battery e-rickshaw he was riding.[1]The team was from ALTF-3 Pupri, a
special anti-liquor and narcotics police unit, led by sub-inspector Vijay
Shankar Singh.[1]Officers were checking vehicles on the Radhaur–Pathrahi road
about 100 metres south of Pataura Bazar when they stopped the e-rickshaw coming
from the Radhaur side.[2]
A search of the e-rickshaw found three large packets of ganja hidden behind the
driver’s seat, totalling 15 kg.[1]The arrested man is from Manpaur village in
the Bela police station area of Sitamarhi district.[1]Police seized the
battery e-rickshaw, which Bhaskar described as having no registration number,
and an Android mobile phone from the suspect.[2]
Police said they were examining the phone’s call records to trace the network’s
leaders and local buyers.[1]In initial questioning the suspect admitted he
had brought the consignment from neighbouring Nepal to sell at high prices in
local markets in India.[1]
Officers filed a first information report against him under sections of the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and prepared to send him
to judicial custody.[1]The arrest came during a special police campaign
against drug trafficking in Sitamarhi district.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The sources say only that the arrest was on Thursday evening; 5 November 2026 is inferred from the publication dates and is used as the incident date.
No street value of the 15 kg was published.
The reports do not give the stages of the journey or which border crossing the ganja came through, only that it was brought from Nepal.
No charges, trial or court outcome beyond the filing of the first information report under the NDPS Act was reported.
Only one fully readable source exists; the Dainik Bhaskar article was opened as a teaser with its first paragraph visible, so only details confirmed there are used.
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