DURING security checks at the railway station, the Jabalpur GRP recovered 5.342 kg of marijuana from a woman. The estimated value of the seized marijuana is Rs 1,33,550. Police have registered a case against the accused woman under the NDPS Act and initiated an investigation. According to the GRP, on the morning of October 7, a police team was conducting platform checks at the Itarsi end of platform number 2-3 at Jabalpur Railway Station. A woman appeared suspicious. Her demeanor and actions seemed suspicious, prompting police to stop her and question her. The woman identified herself as Baidehi Bai, wife of Sujit Shilpi (35), resident of village Chainpur, Police Station Bari, District Raisen, currently residing at Gauddhaba Dulampur, Police Station Atabera, District Bargarh, Odisha. Upon searching the cloth bag the woman was carrying, five packets wrapped in white cloth were found.

 

Upon examination, the packets were found to contain marijuana. Weighing the marijuana with an electronic weighing scale revealed a total weight of 5.342 kilograms. Police duly seized all five packets. The GRP has registered a case against the accused woman under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act. Police are now investigating the source of the marijuana. This operation was carried out under the guidance of SP, Railway Jabalpur, Sundar Singh Kanesh, Additional SP Ashutosh Mishra, and Deputy Superintendent of Police (SP), Ankita Sulya, under the leadership of Station House Officer Sanjeevani Rajput. ASI B C Udde, along with Head Constables Arun Tiwari, Manoj Mishra, Parshuram, Ravikant, Gopal, Satyendra, Ajay Tiwari, Rajendra Markam, Sagar Upadhyay, and female constables Varsha Dubey and Manisha played a key role in the operation.