11.7 kg of Afghani charas seized in a bag behind an Udvada school
A fisherman found an abandoned bag behind a school at Udvada in Valsad district, and police seized 11.74 kg of Afghani charas from it on 12 August 2024. The newspaper valued the hashish at Rs 50 lakh a kilogram and reported no arrests.
🇮🇳 Udvada, Pardi taluka, Valsad district, Gujarat · India
Valsad police seized11.74 kg of Afghani charas at Udvada in Pardi taluka on
Monday 12 August 2024, after a fisherman found an abandoned bag behind a local
kindergarten school and informed the police on Monday evening.[1]The bag held
11 packets carrying inscriptions in Arabic, Pardi police said.[1]Police
described the contents as Afghani charas, hashish produced from live cannabis
grown in Afghanistan, and called the find the first of its kind on the South
Gujarat coastline.[1]Pardi police inspector G R Gadhvi said they had
coordinated with Dwarka police, which seized contraband with similar
inscriptions from a coastal area on 8 June.[1]
The newspaper put the international market value of the Afghani charas at Rs 50
lakh per kilogram, an official estimate.[1]The same article reported that
around 35 kg of Afghani charas was seized on Monday and Tuesday from Dungri and
Pardi in Valsad district and from Hazira in Surat.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The headline says about 35 kg was seized on Monday and Tuesday from Dungri and Pardi in Valsad district and Hazira in Surat, but the text gives only 11.74 kg at Udvada and no breakdown; this report counts only the Udvada weight.
The reports name no suspects and no arrests; whether anyone was held over the bag is not stated in the opened page.
The weight or number of packets found at Dungri and Hazira is not given.
Whether this bag was linked to the Dwarka charas seized on 8 June, whose packets had similar inscriptions, was still under investigation.
Whether a case was registered and under which law is not stated on the page.
No court outcome or further development in the case was reported.
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