Ahmedabad Rural SOG arrested one man, Khodabhai Modjibhai Thakor, at his house in Bavla.[1] Acting on a tip-off, SOG searched the house with Bavla police at Bordiwalu Jin behind the municipality.[2] Officers found ganja packed in plastic pouches under a pillow and inside a bedroom dressing-table drawer.[2] An FSL officer at the spot conducted a preliminary check and confirmed the substance was ganja.[2]

Police seized 3 kg 555 g of ganja along with a mobile phone, a weighing scale and packing material.[2] Police put the total value of all the seized property at Rs 1,87,950.[2] At Rs 50,000 per kg, police calculated the ganja alone at about Rs 1.77 lakh.[2]

During questioning, Khodabhai said he had ordered the ganja from Rambhai of Mahemdavad over a WhatsApp call.[2] He said he took delivery of the ganja under the Kheda bridge.[2] Police declared Rambhai wanted and registered a case at Bavla police station under NDPS Act sections 8(c), 20(b)(2)(b) and 29 for further investigation.[2]