Ramol Police arrested 39-year-old Morbi resident Bhavik Dhanjibhai Kanjibhai Mordiya near the Expressway toll plaza in Ahmedabad on the morning of October 29.[1] Officers in plain clothes conducting vehicle checks stopped Mordiya after noticing him walking suspiciously with two trolley bags.[1] The Skybags and Safari bags held 16 plastic packets of suspected ganja, which an FSL officer’s spot examination indicated appeared to be cannabis.[1]

Police valued the 16.130 kg of ganja at ₹8,06,500 and the total seized property at ₹8,17,700.[1] Mordiya allegedly said he had procured the ganja for ₹80,000 from Ashwini Bag of Balangir in Odisha to deliver it to Pankaj alias Dhaval Ganeshbhai Fefar of Mahendranagar in Morbi.[1] Police registered a case under the NDPS Act against the alleged Odisha supplier, the intended Morbi recipient and others, with PI Pratikumar N. Zinzuwadia reportedly leading the further investigation.[1]

Investigators recovered a ₹3,499 Vishal Mega Mart bill showing Mordiya had bought a trolley bag in Balangir, allegedly a new green Safari bag bought to carry the ganja from Odisha to Gujarat.[1] Mordiya allegedly travelled by train or private bus to Vadodara and planned to change vehicles on the Expressway toward Morbi via Ahmedabad before being intercepted on foot at the toll plaza.[1] DivyaBhaskar’s account of the same interception adds that Mordiya said debts from online gaming led him into carrying the ganja, and puts his payment for the trip at ₹50,000.[2]