PS Campbell Bay Seizes Methamphetamine and Ganja from Passenger After Arrival by Nalanda Vessel

Campbell Bay | September 16, 2026

Police Station Campbell Bay has registered a case underneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, after allegedly recovering methamphetamine and ganja from a passenger who arrived in Campbell Bay after travelling from Sri Vijaya Puram by Nalanda Vessel.

According to the FIR, Inspector Mithun Kirtania, SHO, PS Campbell Bay, obtained credible info that Akash Gusai, 24, resident of Shastri Nagar, Campbell Bay, could be arriving by Nalanda Vessel from Sri Vijaya Puram and was allegedly carrying narcotic substances. The info was recorded within the General Diary, following which the matter was conveyed to Mr. Samuel Fred, DANIPS, SDPO Campbell Bay.

The FIR states that, on the instructions of SDPO Samuel Fred, a raiding group comprising Insp. Mithun Kirtania, SI Samiran Mridha, HC (SG)/2877 PK Aboobakker, PC/1828 Abishek Narayan and PC/1236 Mohd. Shibly was constituted. Two impartial witnesses had been additionally requested to accompany the raiding group and witness the search and seizure proceedings. The group, together with the impartial witnesses, proceeded in the direction of the hyperlink highway resulting in Fish Landing Jetty, Campbell Bay, carrying a Drug Detection Kit, digital weighing balance and different essential gear.

The FIR states, the suspect arrived on the hyperlink highway resulting in Fish Landing Jetty on a bike, sitting on the pillion seat. The bike was being ridden by one other particular person, who, in line with the FIR, acknowledged that he had come to choose up Akash Gusai from RCC Jetty and drop him at his residence.

The FIR additional states that Akash Gusai was knowledgeable concerning the info obtained by police and about his authorized rights underneath the NDPS Act. Samuel Fred, DANIPS, SDPO Campbell Bay, additionally arrived on the spot, and Gusai expressed his willingness to have his private search performed earlier than the SDPO. A discover underneath Section 50 of the NDPS Act was subsequently served upon him.

During the non-public search, police allegedly recovered a plastic pouch hid contained in the accused’s underwear. The pouch reportedly contained a substance recognized via a preliminary Drug Detection Kit take a look at as ganja. The FIR data the recovered ganja as weighing 5.82 grams within the seizure proceedings.

The police group additionally searched a blue-coloured backpack allegedly within the possession of Gusai, from which a pouch containing a paper-wrapped crystalline substance was recovered. A preliminary take a look at indicated the substance to be methamphetamine, which was weighed at 1.89 grams, in line with the FIR.

The FIR states that the search and seizure proceedings had been videographed and uploaded to the e-Sakshya app.

Akash Gusai was then formally arrested for offences punishable underneath Sections 22(a) and 20(b)(ii)(A) of the NDPS Act, 1985.