Youth held in Kasrawad for selling ganja from home; 10.398 kg seized in Khargone district

Police in Kasrawad, Khargone district, have arrested Ayush Patidar on the charge of selling ganja from his home. On Wednesday, 10.398 kg of ganja was seized from his house in village Bither. The seized ganja has been valued at Rs 2 lakh 8 thousand. Ayush is a Class 10 failure.

SDOP Mandleshwar Shweta Shukla said police had received information that Ayush was selling ganja from his house. Acting on it, a police team led by station in-charge Indresh Tripathi searched the house. During the search, the ganja was recovered from a plastic bag kept in the enclosed yard.

Police have registered a case against Ayush under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act.

According to police, a state-level anti-narcotics campaign ran in the district from October 30 to November 10. A total of 17 cases were registered and 18 accused were arrested in the campaign. During this period, raids were carried out on fields where ganja was being illegally cultivated, and 4,194 plants were seized. The plants weighed 2,750 kg in all. The ganja seized in the campaign has been valued at about Rs 4 crore 12 lakh 50 thousand.