Hut Bay | September 21, 2026
Hut Bay Police have arrested a 70-year-old man after allegedly recovering 26 illicit cannabis plants weighing a total of 10.236 kg from the backyard of his residence at Rabindra Nagar, Little Andaman.
According to the FIR registered at Police Station Hut Bay on September 18, 2026, the police received credible information that Kanailal Gharami, resident of Ward No. 07, Rabindra Nagar, was allegedly cultivating cannabis plants behind his house. The information was communicated to the SDPO, Swaraj Dweep, following which a police raiding team was constituted.
The raiding team was led by Inspector Pritam Behari, SHO, PS Hut Bay, and comprised ASI (SG) Victor Dung Dung, ASI (SG) M. Vinod Kumar, ASI (SG) Zubair, HC (SG) M. Sudarsana Rao, HC (SG) Kuldeep Kumar, HC (SG) IRBn Sarbajit Roy, PC Surjit Das, HG (V) M. Laxmi Narayan and HC (D) Manoj Kumar Ekka. ASI (SG) D.N. Mishra, CT Narayan Mondal and HG (V) Mousumi Halder subsequently joined and accompanied the team to the residence.
During the search of the garden behind the house, the police recovered 26 cannabis plants. The plants were individually measured and weighed, with the largest measuring 12 feet 8 inches and weighing 3.596 kg. The remaining plants ranged from 2 feet 10 inches to 8 feet 1 inch in height. The combined weight of all 26 plants was recorded as 10.236 kg. The FIR states that samples from the plants were checked using a drug detection kit and tested positive for cannabis/ganja.
The search and seizure proceedings were also photographed and video-recorded using the e-Sakshya mobile application.
Kanailal Gharami was arrested under Section 20(a)(i) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
