27-year-old arrested with 1.29 kg of ganja in Ratnagiri's Udyamnagar
Ratnagiri city police detained a 27-year-old man at Kazi Chal in Udyamnagar on 8 November and seized 1 kg 291 g of ganja he is accused of holding for sale. Police valued the ganja and packing material at 80,100 rupees and registered an NDPS Act case against him.
🇮🇳 Kazi Chal, Udyamnagar, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra · India
Ratnagiri city police detained a 27-year-old man accused of keeping a stock of
ganja for sale in the Udyamnagar area of Ratnagiri.[1]Police identified the
suspect as Sahil Samir Solkar, 27, a resident of Konkan Nagar, Ratnagiri.[1]They seized1 kg291 g of ganja from him, along with other material, and put the
total value of the haul at 80,100 rupees.[1]
The action was taken at around 4.33 pm on Sunday, 8 November, in the Kazi Chal
area of Udyamnagar.[1]Officers checked him after they noticed he was
illegally holding a substance resembling ganja for sale, and found two separate
stashes.[1]One parcel, wrapped in sticky khaki tape, held 910 g of ganja that
police valued at 60,000 rupees.[1]A second blue plastic bag held 381 g of
ganja valued at 20,000 rupees, and a black travel bag used to carry it was
seized at 100 rupees.[1]
A police constable, Rajesh Bhaskarrao Bhujbalrao, 55, filed the complaint at
Ratnagiri city police station.[1]A case was registered against the suspect
under sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1985, as Crime No. 463/2026.[1]The offence was recorded at
10.57 pm on 8 November, and Ratnagiri city police are investigating further.[1]
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Only one account of the arrest, from a local Marathi news site, was found; no police statement or second outlet reporting the same seizure was located.
The 80,100-rupee valuation covers the ganja plus a travel bag, not the ganja alone, and it is the police's own estimate.
The article describes the ganja only as a ganja-like substance in places, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
No court outcome or later step in the case is reported; the investigation was continuing.
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