Police in Jawar, in the Ashta block of Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, arrested a young man with 475 grams of ganja.[1] Police put the estimated value of the seized ganja at 2,500 rupees.[1] The arrest was made on the Kajlas road in Jawar, the block next to Ashta town.[1]

Officers registered a case against him under the NDPS Act, India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and began an investigation.[1]