The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, patrolling in Sultanpur on 27 June 2025, received a tip-off about a large consignment of ganja trucked from Odisha in a container concealed under paper rolls and bound for Bahraich.[1] With the Lambhua circle officer and local police, the STF stopped the truck, registration RJ11GB8224, in front of Bhadeiya Block under Kotwali Dehat police station and arrested three members of the syndicate.[1]
The truck held 384 kilograms of ganja, which police valued at Rs 96 lakh on the international market.[1] Officers also seized three mobile phones, an Aadhaar card, an ATM card and a driving licence from the men.[1] The arrested men were named as the driver Nomaan, the logistics handler Akram Khan and Ravi Mishra, who described himself as the leader of the smuggling syndicate.[1] Mishra said his associate Rahul of Bahraich had loaded the cannabis at Sonepur in Odisha between paper rolls meant for delivery in Delhi, to be offloaded at Bahraich, and that Nomaan was to be paid Rs 800 per kilogram for driving.[1] A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered at Kotwali Dehat police station and further proceedings were under way.[1]