14 kg of ganja and 249 Eskuf bottles seized in Sonamura
Sonamura police in Tripura seized 14 kg of dry ganja and 249 bottles of Eskuf cough syrup found abandoned along the Srimantapur border road on 13 November 2026. Police valued the haul at about Rs 9.29 lakh and opened an investigation; no one was arrested.
🇮🇳 Srimantapur border road, Sonamura, Sepahijala · India
Sonamura police seized14 kg of dry ganja, the local name for cannabis, and 249
bottles of Eskuf cough syrup during a routine patrolling drive along the
Srimantapur border road.[1]According to police sources, the suspected
contraband items were found abandoned along the roadside and were seized as
unclaimed property after completing all necessary legal formalities.[1]Police
estimated the combined market value of the ganja and the cough syrup at about Rs
9.29 lakh.[1]
Sonamura Police Station opened an investigation to identify the people who
stored or abandoned the contraband and to establish its ownership; no arrests
were reported.[1]
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No one was arrested; the source names no charges, court or ownership beyond the ongoing investigation.
The Rs 9.29 lakh figure is a police estimate that combines the ganja and the 249 Eskuf cough syrup bottles; no separate value was published for either item.
No figure was published for the weight or volume of the 249 Eskuf bottles.
Police in Gajapati district, Odisha, seized 722.4 kg of ganja packed in about 24 bags from a suspect in Dumkuli village on 13 November 2026, as part of a drive to make the district ganja-free. The 59-year-old suspect was arrested, a case registered and he was sent to court, with the investigation still ongoing.
Police seized about 20 kg of ganja from two suspect courier packets at a logistics warehouse near Dhoom Manikpur in Greater Noida. The packets had been booked in Odisha for delivery in Delhi, and police valued the haul at about Rs 10 lakh.
North Goa Police's anti-drug-trafficking drive this year has registered 74 NDPS cases and arrested 94 persons, seizing about 49.2 kg of drugs valued at over ₹1.92 crore. November's new round included 4 arrests, 67 g of charas and 105 g of ganja in separate raids.
Karimnagar district police burned about 19 kg of ganja, valued at Rs 9.50 lakh, seized in 47 NDPS cases across various police station limits in Jagityal town. District SP Ashok Kumar said the disposal followed the district Drug Disposal Committee, NDPS Act provisions and environmental pollution control guidelines.
