Bhopal’s Crime Branch carried out a night operation that exposed a hashish smuggling network.[1] Officers arrested one accused in the MP Nagar Zone-1 area and recovered 126 grams of hashish from him.[1] The arrested man, Mansoor Khan of the Kotwali area, told interrogators he procured hashish from a woman trafficker living in Shahjahanabad.[1] Dainik Bhaskar’s Hindi account likewise says police arrested the accused in the MP Nagar Zone-1 area and found 126 grams of charas on him.[2]

Acting on that information, the Crime Branch raided a house in Shahjahanabad.[1] During the search, police recovered around 1.5 kg of hashish hidden inside the dryer of a washing machine in the house.[1] After the seizure, police arrested the woman, Naushin Khan, with her husband Javed alias Chikna.[1] Amar Ujala identifies the first accused as 39-year-old Manjur Mohammad Khan alias Junaid of Hawa Mahal, Imamigate.[3] It says his search yielded about 125 grams of charas, a mobile phone and an Activa scooter.[3] It says a bag hidden in the washing-machine dryer held 1.501 kg of charas, making 1.630 kg seized at both places together.[3]

Additional DCP Crime Branch Shailendra Singh Chauhan put the total value of the seized hashish at about 7 lakh rupees.[1] Naushin admitted selling charas from the house, while Javed brought the supply from an outside supplier and already had more than a dozen criminal cases registered against him.[3] A case was registered against all three accused under the NDPS Act.[3]

Police were investigating the source of the drugs and others in the supply network while questioning of all three accused continued.[1]