Puruwala police arrested a man after recovering 291 grams of ganja, the Hindi term for cannabis, from his possession.[1][2] The man was identified as Sharafat Ali, a resident of Puruwala whose address was given as post office Gorakhuwala in Paonta Sahib tehsil, an administrative subdivision.[1][2] A police team on patrol near the Puruwala-Dobri canal road in the Puruwala area received secret information that a man there was carrying ganja.[1]
The broader area of the incident was identified as Sirmaur/Puruwala in Sirmaur district.[1] Officers examined Ali on the basis of that information and recovered 291 grams of ganja from his possession.[1][2] Police arrested Ali immediately after the recovery.[1] Police registered a case against Ali at Puruwala police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, India’s main drug law.[1][2]
The operation was described as action by Puruwala police on secret information that yielded 291 grams of ganja from one person’s possession.[1] Police said investigation of the facts connected with the case was continuing.[1]
The Puruwala police station team was on patrol near the Dobri canal road on 4 November.[2] Police said they were trying to trace where the ganja came from and whether others were involved in buying and selling it.[2] The page publishes a photograph captioned as showing the accused with the police team.[2]
