243.67 kg of cannabis seized from a Vapi flat, one arrested
Valsad district police raided a rented first-floor flat on Charwada Road in Vapi on 25 October 2026 and seized 243.67 kg of cannabis-based narcotic worth over Rs 1.21 crore, arresting occupant Kartik alias Pappu Biswal; co-resident supplier Banmali Patra of Odisha remains wanted.
🇮🇳 Charwada Road, Vapi · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 243.7 kg
Valsad district police seized 243.67 kg of cannabis-based narcotic
substance and arrested a 32-year-old man in a raid at a residential flat
in Vapi, Gujarat, on 25 October 2026.[1][2]
Acting on Dungra police tip-off information received by Sub-Inspector
K.R. Chotaliya, a team raided Room G/8 in Building E/4 of Lakeview
Residency, where occupant Kartik alias Pappu Biswal, employed and
resident in Dungra and originally of Balasore, Odisha, was allegedly
storing narcotics for retail sale; he was apprehended on the spot.[1][2] The haul was valued at Rs 1,21,83,500 with a Rs 5,000 mobile phone
also seized; Biswal was booked under the NDPS Act.[2] Co-resident
Banmali Patra was named as a wanted accused.[1][2]
Sources
- Gujarat drug bust: 243.67 kg cannabis seized; man arrested for renting flat to stash drugs. NationPress (IANS), 25 October 2026. In English.
- Gujarat cops raid flat, seize 243 kg of narcotics worth Rs 1.21 crore. hi INDiA (IANS), 25 October 2026. In English.
Open questions the AI reported
- Nation Press valued the haul at Rs 1.46 crore while hi INDiA gave the police figure of Rs 1,21,83,500 plus a Rs 5,000 phone.
- Banmali Patra, who allegedly rented the room and arranged the Odisha-sourced supply, remains wanted.