SSB seizes 1,062 kg of ganja near Narpatpatti on India-Nepal border
The SSB's 45th Battalion seized over 1,062 kg of ganja hidden in 506 packets inside 30 sacks near border pillar 221 at the Narpatpatti border outpost in Supaul, Bihar, worth an estimated Rs 4.24 crore. No smuggler was caught and the consignment was handed to Bhaptiyahi police.
🇮🇳 Narpatpatti border outpost area, Supaul district, Bihar · India
Arrested
0
Cannabis
1.062 t
Agencies
45th Battalion Sashastra Seema Bal, Bhaptiyahi police station
The 45th Battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal seized over 1,062 kg of ganja from
the Indo-Nepal border.[1]The seized narcotics were estimated to be worth
₹4.24 crore in the international market.[1]
The seizure was made near border pillar number 221, about 4 kilometres inside
Indian territory, under the jurisdiction of the Narpatpatti border outpost.[1]The operation was carried out on intelligence inputs and led by Commandant
Gaurav Singh of the 45th Battalion.[1]A team led by Sub-Inspector Bhav Singh
Tomar recovered 30 white sacks, each filled with ganja packets; a total of 506
packets were found and confirmed using a narcotics detection machine during a
half-hour search.[1]
No smugglers were found at the scene and the SSB handed the entire consignment
over to Bhaptiyahi police station for further investigation.[1]An August 2025
Hindustan Times account recalled the same seizure: on 21 April 2025 the SSB’s
45th Battalion recovered over 1,062 kg of ganja near the Indo-Nepal border at
Narpat Patti Border Outpost, valued at about Rs 4.24 crore, and handed it to the
Bhaptiyahi police station.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
0
Cannabis
1.062 t
Value (official estimate)
INR 42,400,000
Agencies
45th Battalion Sashastra Seema Bal; Bhaptiyahi police station
Agency type
Border guard, Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (1.062 t)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Land border
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Bihar
Route
Nepal → India
Date
Publication date
Sources
Patna Presspatnapress.comOver 1,000 kg of Ganja Seized Near Indo-Nepal Border by SSB's 45th Battalion
No separate date is given for the seizure; 21 April 2025, the Patna Press publication date, is used, and an August 2025 Hindustan Times account dates the seizure 21 April 2025.
No arrests are reported; the smugglers were not found at the scene.
No court outcome or charges were reported after the consignment was handed over to Bhaptiyahi police station.
Security guards newly posted at the district hospital in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh, are screening patients and their relatives before entry and seized ganja from the pocket of one patient's relative. People caught bringing intoxicants into the hospital are handed over to the hospital police post or fined.
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.
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.
