Combine team of Crime Branch and Bargi police arrested a 23-year-old man and seized 7.15 kg of ganja amounting to Rs 3.58 lakh and a mobile phone from his possession. The accused has been identified as Deepak Barman, son of Sarman Barman, a resident of Prem Sagar Jhand Chowk in Hanumantal. SHO of Bargi police station Nilesh Dohre, informed that Crime Branch received a tip-off that a young man carrying a large quantity of ganja was travelling from Seoni towards Bargi in a bus. Acting on the information, a joint team of Crime Branch and Bargi police set up a checking point near Sagar Dhaba on National Highway 34.

 

When Pawan bus MP-50ZK-1297 arrived from Seoni, the police stopped it and detained the suspected man. During a search conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, police found four packets of ganja in a backpack and a plastic bag containing ganja consignment of 7.15 kg. Police seized the ganja and a Vivo mobile phone from the accused and registered a case under Sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act while further investigation is underway.