Police raided a grocery shop in Barni village in Bhojpur’s Charpokhari police-station area and recovered brown sugar, ganja, chillums, an electronic scale, a mobile phone and cash.[1] Charpokhari police had received information that Barni resident Sonu Singh alias Rohit Ranjan Singh was buying and selling narcotics from his grocery shop.[1] Officers arrested the shopkeeper, identified as Sonu Singh alias Rohit Ranjan Singh, son of Kamakhya Narayan Singh of Barni village.[1] Police registered a case against him at Charpokhari police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1]

The action in Barni village took place on Tuesday night.[1] The search of the shop recovered 46 grams of ganja, the cannabis component recorded here.[1] The same search also found 3.57 grams of brown sugar, six chillums, an electronic weighing scale, a chakla, a mobile phone and an aluminium box.[1] Officers also seized 7,196 rupees in cash from the shop.[1]

The details were released in a press statement issued on Wednesday on behalf of Superintendent of Police Avdhesh Dixit.[1]