A joint Crime Branch and Belbagh police team cordoned off the area near Janjira Bridge in Jabalpur on Thursday night after an informant tip.[1] The youth tried to flee on seeing police but was caught.[1] He identified himself as Manish Chaudhary, a resident of Babatola.[1]

Police searched his backpack and found two packets of ganja.[1] Weighing showed a total of 5 kg 272 g of ganja.[1] Police put the value of the seized ganja at about Rs 266,600.[1]

According to police, he had brought the ganja from Kalahandi district in Odisha to Jabalpur for delivery to a local contact.[1] He allegedly told police he had gone to Kalahandi at the instance of Kalu alias Sunny Sonkar of Sindhi Camp.[1] He allegedly collected it from Deepu Kumar of Narla and was waiting near Janjira Bridge to hand it over.[1] He said he was to be paid Rs 1,000 as a daily wage for the delivery work.[1]

Police said the roles of Sonkar and the reported Odisha supplier could be confirmed only after further investigation.[1]