Rajnandgaon Police took 199 actions between September 13 and 24 during a special Ganesh festival drive, including 160 under BNSS, 30 under the Arms Act and nine under Excise and NDPS laws.
Dongargarh Police arrested a 45-year-old man with 5.174 kg of ganja and seized a motorcycle, taking the total value of the seized material to ₹3.03 lakh. Action was taken under Section 20(B) of the NDPS Act.
In a joint operation, Rajnandgaon Police and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 41.195 kg of cannabis allegedly being transported from Odisha to Agra in Uttar Pradesh. The contraband, along with the vehicle used for transportation and a mobile phone, valued at a total of ₹28.65 lakh, was seized, while two suspects fled the scene.
Basantpur Police arrested a habitual offender with 1.1 kg ganja near Nehru Park in Rajnandgaon during an anti-drug operation conducted under the district’s ongoing crackdown on narcotics trafficking.
Basantpur police in Rajnandgaon arrested an absconding आरोपी accused of supplying cannabis for illegal sale in the city, days after 1.323 kg of ganja was seized in the case under the NDPS Act.