Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Man posing as ice-cream vendor caught with cannabis in Delhi
A man in Delhi pretended to sell ice cream, but he was really selling drugs.
His name is Manoj Kumar Rai.
He rode a bicycle and carried a bag that smelled strongly of ganja, which is another name for cannabis.
A police officer named Constable Suraj noticed the man acting suspiciously.
The officer searched his bag and found more than 1.32 kilograms of cannabis.
That is a very large amount of drugs.
Police arrested him on August 8 in the evening near Ramlila Ground in Old Delhi.
Rai told police he did this to make easy money because he had money problems.
He was taken to a judge and sent to police custody for one day while police ask him more questions.
Constable Suraj caught a middle-aged man allegedly selling cannabis while posing as an ice-cream vendor in Old Delhi.
Police recovered more than 1.32 kilograms of cannabis from the suspect's bag on August 8.
The suspect, Manoj Kumar Rai, used a bicycle to move around the MCD Nursery area near Ramlila Ground.
Rai, a native of Chhapra district in Bihar, told police he entered the illegal trade to earn easy money and overcome financial difficulties.
He was produced before a judge and remanded to one day's police custody.
- Who
- Manoj Kumar Rai, a middle-aged drug peddler, was apprehended by Constable Suraj.
- What
- Rai was caught with more than 1.32 kilograms of cannabis while impersonating an ice-cream vendor.
- When
- August 8, around 5:30 pm.
- Where
- Near the MCD Nursery close to Ramlila Ground in Old Delhi (central Delhi).
- Why
- Rai told police he entered the illegal trade to earn easy money and overcome financial difficulties.
- Suspect
- Manoj Kumar Rai
- Recovered contraband
- Over 1.32 kilograms of cannabis (ganja)
- Date of arrest
- August 8, around 5:30 pm
- Arrest location
- MCD Nursery near Ramlila Ground, Old Delhi
- Disguise
- Ice-cream vendor on a bicycle
- Native place
- Chhapra district, Bihar
- Custody
- One day's police custody