Panvel city police arrested Siddharth Ramdas More, 41, after raiding a flat in the MMRDA colony at Palaspe Phata in Panvel, Raigad district.[1] Senior Police Inspector Bala Kumbhar of Panvel city police station received secret information that a stash of ganja was being kept in the MMRDA colony.[1]

Officers raided flat number 531 in the R-2, C wing, and a search of the flat found the ganja hidden in the bathroom.[1] Officers seized 4.255 kg of ganja.[1] Police valued the seized ganja at Rs 2,12,700.[1] An electronic weighing scale, plastic pouches, a stapler and pins were also seized.[1] Police suspect the accused made small bundles of ganja at home and sold them.[1]

The raid was carried out by a team under Bala Kumbhar that included Police Inspector Hazrat Pathan, Head Constable Prakash Patil, Police Naik Samrat Daki, constables Abhijit Gadkari and Vishal Dudh, and woman constable Sushila Pawar.[1] A case was registered at Panvel city police station.[1] Police are investigating where the accused obtained the ganja and to whom he would have sold it.[1] Police said the case could expose the involvement of others in the drug supply chain.[1]