Man held in a Jhabua market with 1.28 kg of ganja in a bucket
Petlawad police arrested Rakesh, son of Ramapati Pathak, in the middle of the market in Karwad village, Jhabua district, after finding about 1.28 kg of ganja in the plastic bucket he was carrying to sell. Police valued the seized ganja at 25,600 rupees and registered a case against him under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Karwad village, Petlawad, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Petlawad police arrested a man in the middle of the market with a plastic bucket
of ganja that he was allegedly carrying around to sell.[1]The police named
him as Rakesh, son of Ramapati Pathak, and said he had been selling the drug
illegally from the bucket in Karwad village.[1]Officers found the ganja
packed in bags inside the bucket, along with a few paper packets.[1]
Police said a team cordoned off the area on the information and caught him.[1]They seized about 1 kg280 g of ganja from him, which police valued at an
estimated 25,600 rupees.[1]A case was registered against him under various
sections of the NDPS Act, India’s main narcotics law.[1]
The arrest took place in Jhabua district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh.[1]The NDPS Act is India’s narcotics law, and it bans the possession and sale of
ganja, or cannabis, without a licence.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
1.28 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 25,600
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Sale
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
प्रदेश प्रकाशpradeshprakash.comHIझाबुआ में बाल्टी में गांजा लेकर घूम रहा था आरोपी: बीच बाजार में बेचने की फिराक में था; पुलिस ने 1.280 किलो गांजे के साथ पकड़ा
Open questions the AI reported
Only one report of the arrest could be found; no police statement or second outlet covered it.
The article gives no separate date for the arrest; 30 October 2026 is its publication date.
No court appearance, remand or charge sheet is reported after the case was registered.
The coordinates are for Petlawad town, the police station named in the report; the exact location of Karwad village was not mapped.
The same page reports a separate 15 October seizure of cannabis plants worth 9.42 crore rupees in the Para outpost area, and the arrest of four Jhabua women in Ratlam over doda chura; both are different events and are left out.
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