Mufassil police station officers in Buxar raided the house of Yogendra Sah of Pavni village after a tip that he was dealing in ganja, the local name for cannabis.[1] Sah had already left the house before the team arrived.[1] Station house officer Shambhu Bhagat said police were still searching for him and would arrest him soon.[1] An FIR was registered the same Thursday.[1]

Officers recovered 656 grams of ganja kept in two packets of polythene.[1] They also seized 30,890 rupees from the house.[1] Eighteen clay chillums, pipes used to smoke cannabis, were taken as well.[1] The ganja was produced before a court on Friday.[1]

Buxar Khabar described the target as a place used for the illegal ganja trade.[1] The raid was carried out by Mufassil police on Thursday, after senior officers allowed the search and a magistrate accompanied the team.[1] Bhagat said police were running a campaign against the narcotics trade, with similar action at every police station.[1]