Crime Branch officers in Indore arrested a man with 4.503 kg of ganja, a form of cannabis, near Bhandari Bridge on MR-4 Road, police said.[1] Officers on patrol spotted him sitting with a white plastic bag and caught him when he tried to run, police said.[2] Police identified the man as Aakash Chilegiya, a resident of the Vijay Nagar area.[2] Police said he had studied up to Class 10 and sold flowers.[2]

Police estimated the seized ganja’s value at about 45,000 rupees on the international market.[2] Police said he sold ganja under the cover of his flower business.[1] He already had eight criminal cases registered against him, including assault, extortion and gambling, police said.[1]

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Dandotiya said a case was registered against him under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act.[1] Police took him on remand and were questioning him about where he obtained the ganja and who else was involved in the network, they said.[2] Police were investigating whom he supplied the ganja to in the city, they said.[1] Police were also investigating how his flower business was used as cover for trafficking, they said.[1]