Chhindwara Dehat police arrested a 24-year-old man waiting to sell ganja by a water tank at BTI Ground and seized 1.075 kg of the drug, which officers valued at about 45,000 rupees. Police said the arrest was part of a campaign against drug trafficking run from the state police headquarters and that he had been booked for ganja trafficking at Kotwali station about a year earlier.
🇮🇳 BTI Ground, Chhindwara, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Chhindwara Dehat police arrested Rohan Kanojia, 24, of Shivnagar Colony, as he
waited by a water tank at BTI Ground to sell ganja, a Hindi term for cannabis.[1]Officers seized1.075 kg (1 kg75 g) of ganja from him, which police valued
at about 45,000 rupees.[1]
The arrest was made under a campaign against illegal drug buying and selling,
with Dehat station officers acting on the instructions of district police chief
Ajay Pandey and additional superintendent Ashish Khare, the Navabharat account
reported.[2]Police said Kanojia had been booked for ganja trafficking at
Kotwali police station about a year earlier and faces theft and assault cases at
Kundipura station.[2]Police said they were looking for other people connected
to the ganja trade on the basis of Kanojia’s statement.[1]
The Dehat team that made the arrest included sub-inspectors Sandeep Singh
Rajpoot and Surendra Pratap Yadav, constables Saurabh, Suraj Chauhan, Brijesh
Pal and Shersingh, and staff of the cyber cell.[1]
Photos and video
Page picture published with the Chhindwara Dehat police arrest of a ganja seller at BTI Ground; the handout carries no credit and its caption names only the district.Photo details
The accounts name BTI Ground only as a place inside Chhindwara town, so the coordinates are those of the town, not the exact spot.
No charge sheet or court outcome was reported; police said they were looking for other people connected to the ganja trade.
The page picture carries only the district caption and no credit; it is a handout photograph published with the police statement and is not confirmed to show this particular seizure.
The campaign is described as run by the Madhya Pradesh police headquarters, but no formal campaign name was given, so the arrest is recorded as a single event with no campaign report.
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