Barhi police arrest man with four cannabis plants weighing 1.4 kg
Barhi police in Katni district arrested a 27-year-old man after finding four cannabis plants in a field beside his hut. Police uprooted the plants, weighed them at 1 kg 400 g, valued them at 14,000 rupees and booked the man under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Kuan, Barhi police station area, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Barhi police arrested Arvind Yadav over cannabis plants.[1]Yadav, 27, lives
in Kuthiya Mahgawan, in the Barhi police station area of Katni district.[1]Officers were on a crime-check patrol towards village Kuan when he ran from a
hut.[1]Behind and beside the hut, they found four leafy cannabis plants.[1]Yadav told them he had no licence papers for the plants.[1]Police uprooted
the plants and weighed them on an electronic scale; they came to 1 kg400 g.[1]Police valued them at 14,000 rupees.[1]Officers seized the plants and
booked Yadav under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act, India’s narcotics law.[1]He was arrested and presented before a court.[1]
Sub-inspector Akhilesh Mishra, head of the Khitoli police outpost, led the
patrol with staff.[1]The operation was part of a continuing Barhi police
campaign against illegal narcotics.[1]Station house officer Arvind Kumar
Chaube and several constables were credited with supporting roles.[1]
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Police personnel and a man seated outside Barhi police station, in the photograph published with the report. No credit given.Photo details
MP News Castmpnewscast.comHIबरही पुलिस को नशे के विरुद्ध बड़ी सफलता, खेत में लगे 04 गांजे के हरे पौधे कुल 01 किलो 400 ग्राम कीमती 14,000/- रुपये सहित एक आरोपी गिरफ्तार
Open questions the AI reported
The plants were identified as cannabis by smell and the suspect's admission, not by a laboratory test.
The report does not give the area of the field or a separate weight for leaves and stems.
The 1 kg 400 g appears to be the weight of the four freshly uprooted plants rather than dried ganja, but the report does not say this explicitly.
No charge sheet, remand decision or court outcome was reported.
The value of 14,000 rupees is a police estimate and the basis for it is not stated.
The field's exact location is given only as towards village Kuan; coordinates for Barhi town stand in.
Only one account of the arrest could be opened; no police statement or second outlet report was found.
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Viluppuram taluk police stopped a 22-year-old man during a patrol in Ainamplayam village on 11 November 2026 and seized 1.300 kg of ganja from him. He was arrested after police found he had kept the cannabis for sale and registered a case.
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