Barwaha police arrested Ajay Gohar with 855 grams of ganja at the Narmada Ghat in Navghat Khedi on Sunday.[1] Station in-charge Rajendra Barman said police had received a tip-off that a man in a T-shirt and capri was standing at the ghat with a bag of ganja to deliver it.[1] A police team led by Barman reached the spot and detained the suspect after cordoning the area.[1] On questioning, he gave his name as Ajay, son of Pappu Gohar, aged 39 and a resident of Tower Bedi in Barwaha, Khargone district.[1] Police said they informed him of his legal rights under Section 50 of the NDPS Act before searching him.[1]

The bag held moist green-brown ganja packed in transparent polythene.[1] Weighed on an electronic scale, it came to 855 grams.[1] Police put the estimated value of the seized ganja at Rs 8,555.[2]

Police registered a case against him at Barwaha police station under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act.[1]