A joint team of Itarsi police in Narmadapuram district and the RPF, the railway police force, arrested one accused during an action against the trafficking of illegal drugs.[1] Officers caught the accused on 4 November on the basis of information received from an informer.[1] The accused was identified as 35-year-old Ramkumar Thakur, son of Sannu Thakur, a resident of Padrai village under Bankhedi police station in Narmadapuram district.[1] He was caught beyond Teen Puliya, near the Nagpur-Mumbai railway track.[1]
Police recovered 8 kg 400 grams of illegal ganja, the local name for cannabis, from his possession during the same operation.[1] The ganja was kept in a black backpack carried by the accused.[1] Police said he had been looking for an opportunity to sell it.[1] Police estimated its value on the international market at about 150,000 rupees.[1]
Police registered an offence against the accused and started the formal legal process.[1] Officers and staff of Itarsi police station and the RPF played an important role in the whole operation.[1]
