Bus passenger held in Bargi with 7 kg 158 g of ganja
Crime branch and Bargi police arrested 23-year-old Deepak Barman on a Pawan passenger bus near Sagar Dhaba on National Highway 34 in Bargi, Jabalpur district, and found 7 kg 158 g of ganja in his backpack. Police valued the seizure at about Rs 3.58 lakh and registered a case under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Sagar Dhaba, NH-34, Bargi, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 7.158 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 358,000
A joint team of the crime branch and Bargi police arrested a 23-year-old man on
a passenger bus.[1] Officers stopped the bus near Sagar Dhaba on National
Highway 34 in Bargi.[2] Police identified the passenger as Deepak Barman, a
resident of Hanumantal.[1]
A search of his backpack and plastic bags found four packets holding 7 kg 158 g
of ganja, or cannabis.[1] Police valued the haul at about Rs 3.58 lakh and
seized his Vivo mobile phone.[1]
The crime branch had received information on 31 October that a man was bringing
a large quantity of ganja from Seoni to Bargi on a Pawan bus.[1] Bargi station
house officer Nilesh Dohre said the bus, registration MP 50 ZD 1297, was stopped
at a checkpoint on the highway.[2] Barman matched the description given by the
informer and was found sitting on the bus.[1]
Police registered a case against him under Sections 8 and 20 of the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.[1] They were questioning him
about where the consignment came from and whom it was meant for.[1]
Sources
- सिवनी से बस में गांजा लेकर आ रहा युवक बरगी में गिरफ्तार, 7 किलो 158 ग्राम गांजा बरामद. Yash Bharat, 1 November 2026. In Hindi.
- बस से तस्करी कर लाया जा रहा 3.58 लाख का गांजा जब्त, आरोपी गिरफ्तार. Navabharat, 1 November 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports date the crime branch tip-off to 31 October but do not separately date the bus search and arrest.
- No court date, plea or sentence was reported.
- The Rs 3.58 lakh value is the police's estimate; the reports do not explain how it was calculated.
- The submitted page's only photograph has no descriptive caption or credit, so it could not be identified as a picture of the seizure and is not listed as media.
- Both accounts rest on the police version; no court record or independent witness account was found.
