238 kg ganja found by overturned truck at Ghat Pendari, driver jailed
Chandoura police recovered nine sacks of ganja weighing 238 kg near an overturned truck at Ghat Pendari on the Ambikapur-Banaras road on 30 September 2026. The consignment, hidden under plastic granules, was valued at about Rs 1.19 crore; the truck driver was arrested and jailed.
🇮🇳 Ghat Pendari, Chandoura, Surajpur, Chhattisgarh · India
Chandoura police seized about Rs 1.19 crore worth of ganja from an overturned truck at Ghat Pendari on the Ambikapur-Banaras road in Surajpur district.[1][2]The truck, registration UP 13 T-5497, had overturned, and a man named Sunil Kumar was lifting it with a crane while sacks unloaded from it were hidden in a roadside pit covered with a tarpaulin.[1]
Acting on a 30 September tip about the suspicious activity, police reached the spot and found nine sacks holding 238 kg of ganja concealed among plastic-granule sacks.[1]The English roundup gives the weight as 238.290 kg.[2]Police said the ganja was being smuggled under the cover of plastic granules and would have reached its destination had the truck not overturned.[1]
Police arrested the truck driver, produced him in court, and he was sent to jail.[1]The case was part of a district drive against narcotics ordered by the Surajpur superintendent of police.[1]
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Sacks of ganja recovered from the pit with the arrested truck driverPhoto details
The English roundup reports several arrests, the detention of a minor and one absconding suspect in this case, while the primary report names only the driver's arrest and jailing.
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