27 kg of dry cannabis seized unclaimed at Batadola, Sonamura
Sonamura Police and the 81st Battalion of the BSF recovered 27 kg of dry cannabis left unclaimed by the Batadola border roadside under Sonamura Police Station on the night of 11 September 2026. A case was registered under the NDPS Act and police began tracing the owner.
On specific information, Sonamura Police with the 81st Battalion of the BSF jointly raided the Batadola border roadside at UNC Nagar under Sonamura Police Station on the night of Friday 11 September 2026 and recovered 27 kg of dry cannabis.[1]
The ganja was seized as unclaimed after observing all legal formalities, and a case was registered at Sonamura police station under the NDPS Act, India’s drug law.[1]Inspector Tapas Das, the officer in charge of Sonamura Police Station, said such operations against illegal contraband would continue.[1]
The report put the destination market value of the seized cannabis at about Rs2 lakh.[1]Police started an investigation to identify the owner of the consignment.[1]
Photos and video
BSF and police personnel with the seized wrapped cannabis packets, in the photograph Tripura Star News published with the report.Photo details
Bengaluru city police seized 46 kg and 486 grams of ganja and 1 litre and 542 millilitres of hashish oil in raids across eleven police-station areas, an operation in which they arrested 34 people. Police valued all the narcotics seized, including MDMA and cocaine, at Rs 12.61 crore and registered cases under the NDPS Act.
Mahabubabad district police destroyed 99.688 kg of dry ganja, valued at Rs 49.84 lakh, seized in 19 NDPS cases. The court-approved disposal took place at a biomedical waste facility at Gopalpet in Khammam district under the district Drug Disposal Committee.
Gurgaon Traffic Police intercepted two people carrying cannabis at Nainwal Cut in Manesar and recovered 12kg, handing them to the local police station for investigation. The seizure was reported as part of traffic police crime-prevention work over the past 30 days.
The Odisha Excise Department arrested 3,764 people in a month-long special enforcement drive from 10 October to 10 November 2026. Seizures included 3,201 kg of ganja, 6,366 grams of heroin and more than 4.28 lakh bulk litres of illicitly distilled liquor, with 7,826 cases registered.