Motinagar police arrest 65-year-old with 800 g of ganja in Sagar
Motinagar police in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, arrested a 65-year-old man with 800 grams of ganja that police said he was standing outside his home to sell. A case was registered under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act, and police estimated the seized ganja's value at 8,000 rupees while questioning him about where he got it and whom he planned to sell it to.
🇮🇳 Machharai area, near Sheetla Mata temple, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh · India
Motinagar police in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, arrested a 65-year-old man with 800 g
of ganja, a cannabis preparation, police said.[1]Police identified him as
Suresh Shakya, a resident of the Machharai area near the Sheetla Mata temple.[2]Police said a tip had come in that he was standing outside his house with
the ganja in a white bag for sale.[1]The police team went to the spot near
the temple, cordoned off the area and caught him.[1]
Officers searched him, seized the ganja and took him to the police station.[1]Police put the estimated value of the ganja at 8,000 rupees.[3]
A case was registered at Motinagar police station under sections 8/20 of the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.[4]The station house
officer said police were questioning him about where he got the ganja and whom
he planned to sell it to.[1]Police said the arrest was part of a special
district drive ordered by Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Sinha against illegal
arms, liquor and drug trafficking.[4]
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Motinagar police during the action that led to the arrest of a 65-year-old man with 800 g of ganja in Sagar. Photo: Dainik BhaskarPhoto details
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One local report dates the police tip and raid to 10 November 2026, while the district police posted about the arrest on 11 November; the reports give no time of day.
No court appearance, remand or formal charge beyond registration of the NDPS case was reported.
Police did not say where the ganja came from or whom he planned to sell it to; questioning was continuing.
The 8,000-rupee value is a police estimate, not a reported sale price.
The reports describe the substance as ganja but give no laboratory confirmation of its weight or content.
All the accounts repeat the same Sagar police statement; no independent account of the arrest was published.
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