Gautam Nagar police in Bhopal arrested 35-year-old Kailash Kushwah near the railway cabin at Atal Ayub Nagar while he was standing with a backpack.[1][2] A search of his bag found 4.104 kg of ganja, and police also recovered a mobile phone from his pocket.[1][2] He told police during questioning that he had brought the ganja from Odisha and was caught soon after getting off a train.[1][2]

Based on his questioning, police arrested Pooja Rathore (28) and Sapna Vanshkar (26) near Nariyalkheda.[1][2] The two women were found carrying 4.165 kg of ganja.[1][2] Police seized a total of 8.26 kg of ganja from the three, valued at about three and a quarter lakh rupees.[1][2] Police registered two separate cases under the NDPS Act in the matter.[3][2] Pooja lives in a rented house in Mandideep in Raisen district, while Sapna is a resident of the Kotwali police-station area in Raisen.[1][2] Police said both women had taken the ganja from Kailash.[1][2]

In the same case, police registered two separate proceedings under the NDPS Act.[4] Police are investigating who in the city the consignment was meant for and who else is part of the network.[1][2]