31 kg of ganja found under cattle feed in Varanasi pickup
Sigra police stopped a pickup near the old iron tank at Pachpedwa, Varanasi, on 14 October 2026 and found 31.275 kg of ganja worth Rs 15 lakh under cattle-feed sacks. Bihar supplier Rajkishore Gaur was arrested; the stock was meant for festival sale.
🇮🇳 Pachpedwa, Sigra, Varanasi · India
Creator model: not recorded
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 31.3 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 1,500,000
Acting on the police commissioner’s festival-season drug crackdown orders and an informer’s tip about a narcotics-laden pickup, Sigra police under inspector Shivakant Mishra cordoned off the old iron tank area at Pachpedwa and stopped a suspicious goods pickup whose driver tried to flee.[1] Under ten sacks of cattle feed the team found 30 packets of cannabis weighing 31.275 kg, valued at Rs 15 lakh.[1]
The driver, Rajkishore Gaur of Nawada in Bihar’s Buxar district — spelt God in parts of the report — is described as a longtime interstate smuggler moving narcotics across the border under animal-feed cover, whose strong smell masks cannabis.[1] He said the consignment was meant for festival-time sale.[1] He was to be sent to jail on Thursday.[1]
Photos and video
- Police unload sacks from the seized pickup at night Photos: Bhaskar English
Sources
- 31kg of cannabis worth Rs 15 lakh hidden in animal feed - One arrested in Varanasi; stock intended for festival supply. Bhaskar English, 26 October 2026.