Jabalpur Crime Branch and Madan Mahal police arrested a suspect in a joint operation.[1] Officers caught the suspect in front of Lloyd Gallery on Model Road on the night of 12 September after an informant said a man carrying two bags had got off a bus there.[1] The accused was identified as 50-year-old Ravi Kumar.[1] Ravi Kumar is a resident of Ismailpur in Bihar’s Arwal district and had been living in Jharsuguda, Odisha.[1] He told police he had travelled to Jabalpur by bus with Malkhan, who lived near Patan Road.[1] Madan Mahal police registered a case against him under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act.[1] Police were searching for his absconding accomplice Malkhan.[1]

Police searched his blue and green bags and found ten packets of cannabis in them.[1] The cannabis was weighed under the NDPS Act at 10 kg 168 g.[1] Police put the estimated value of the seized cannabis at around Rs 508,400.[1] An Android mobile phone was also seized.[1]