Two arrested with 60.5 kg of ganja in a secret car compartment in Sonbhadra
Sonbhadra police and the Special Operations Group arrested two Shahjahanpur men from a Suzuki Ciaz near Lodhi village on 4 November 2026 and found 60.5 kg of ganja in 43 packets inside a secret compartment built into the car's rear. Police valued the cannabis at about Rs 30 lakh and said the men were carrying it from Sambalpur, Odisha, to sell in Shahjahanpur.
🇮🇳 Lodhi, Robertsganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh · India
Police in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, arrested two men from Shahjahanpur
district and seized60.5 kg of ganja, or cannabis, from their car.[1][2][3]The men
were identified as Seebu Ali, 24, of Brahmanan village in the Allaganj police
station area of Shahjahanpur district, and Satyam Yadav, 21, of Laisna village
in the Jalalabad police station area of the same district.[4][3]Police said the
officers stopped the car near the TVS warehouse in Lodhi village, in the
Robertsganj police station area.[5][2][3]The checks were made during Operation
Shuddhi, a state police drive against drug trafficking.[1][3]
Police valued the cannabis at about Rs 30 lakh.[4][2][3]Officers found the cannabis
in 43 packets packed into three plastic sacks.[4][2][3]The two told police they had
collected the cannabis in Sambalpur, Odisha, and were taking it to Shahjahanpur
to sell.[1]
Officers sent both men to court and seized the car used to carry the cannabis.[1]
An officer said the police check followed a tip at about 8:45 pm on Wednesday
night.[6][3]
Deputy superintendent of police Mevik Taak disclosed the case at a press conference in the Churk police lines auditorium on Thursday.[6]Police said the two men hid the ganja in the car’s secret cabin so that road checks would not reveal it.[6][3]
At Robertsganj police station, case number 892/2026 was registered under sections 8/20/27A/29/60/61 of the NDPS Act and further legal action was being taken.[3]
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Only the date of the stop (the night of Wednesday 4 November 2026) is fixed; the reports do not say exactly when the two men were sent to court.
Police valued the consignment at 'about Rs 30 lakh', an approximation, not an exact figure.
No source names the people in Shahjahanpur who were to buy the cannabis or says who arranged the secret compartment, or whether police have identified them.
No source gives the weight of the seized car or says whose car it was.
No court outcome, charge sheet or remand order was reported; the men were sent to court and an NDPS first information report was registered.
Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar place the stop near the TVS warehouse in Lodhi village, some distance from Robertsganj town; the exact roadside spot is not given and Lodhi's position is not stated.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: The sacks were hidden in a secret compartment built specially into the rear of their Suzuki Ciaz car.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: Police registered a first information report under the NDPS Act, India's main drug law, at Robertsganj police station.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Amar Ujala: Police said they were checking the men's criminal records and looking for others in the smuggling network.
The submitted article puts the arrest on the night of 4 November but gives no court date and no remand outcome.
No source identifies who built the secret cabin or who was to buy the cannabis in Shahjahanpur.
The page picture is captioned as the Ciaz with the hidden cabin but gives no credit and is not shown to be an agency handout, so it is linked rather than treated as a cover.
The article gives no separate incident date; 4 November 2026 is used because it describes the arrest as happening on Wednesday night at about 8:45 and was published on 5 November 2026.
The article does not state where the consignment came from or where it was to be sold, unlike other reports on the same seizure that name Sambalpur and Shahjahanpur.
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
