During the raid, officers detained 36-year-old Imran alias Javlo Siddikbhai Karva, who lived in a rented house.[1] The seizure took place in the Machhi Market area of Upleta and involved three packets of ganja and a mobile phone.[2][3] Searching the house, officers found three packets wrapped in khaki sellotape inside a bag kept in a wooden cupboard.[1] A Rajkot Forensic Science Laboratory officer’s preliminary test confirmed the material was ganja, a plant-based narcotic.[1][3] Police said the detained man admitted bringing the ganja by train from a man in Kangsa (Kansa) village in Balasore district, Odisha, to sell retail in the Upleta area.[1][3]

Police seized 3.816 kg of ganja valued at Rs 190,800, plus a Rs 500 keypad mobile phone, an identity-card copy and a backpack, for total property of Rs 191,300.[1] The operation was part of the Say No to Drugs campaign on the instructions of Rajkot Range DIG Nirlippt Rai and Rajkot Rural SP Vijaysinh Gurjar.[1]

Police said a 2023 case under the NDPS Act at Jamjodhpur police station was already recorded against the detained man.[1] Police declared the alleged Odisha supplier wanted and set wheels in motion to catch him.[1][4] Upleta police registered a case against both men involved under NDPS Act sections 8(C), 20(B)(2-B) and 29 and began further investigation.[1]

The operation involved SOG officers including PI F. A. Pargi, PSIs G. J. Zala and P. B. Mishra along with ASI Firozbhai Bloch, Parbatbhai Shamla, Vipulbhai Gujarati, Kripalsinh Jadeja and Head Constable Kalpeshbhai Kothivar.[3]