Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The Narcotics unit of state police caught a man from Agar Malwa carrying ganja worth Rs 25 lakh in a car illegally on Saturday. The accused somehow got information about the police party lying in wait for him and tried to escape via an alternate route but was unsuccessful. The value of the seized cannabis is about Rs 25 lakh in the international market.
According to DIG (Narcotics) Mahesh Chand Jain, a tip-off was received that a person was carrying ganja (cannabis) in a car from Ujjain side and he would deliver the same to someone in the city. A team led by Inspector Praveen Thackeray was constituted and instructed to arrest the accused. The team reached MR-10 Square and cordoned off the area but the accused who had information about the same changed his way to Bhangia village before reaching MR-10.
However, his attempt proved futile and the team managed to arrest him from the area. The accused was identified as 27-year-old Suresh Sisodiya, a resident of Agar Malwa district. More than 50 kilograms of cannabis and the car was seized from him.
He allegedly informed the officials that he had taken the car from a friend and was carrying the cannabis in it. He was booked under the relevant section of NDPS Act and he is being questioned for his source of cannabis. Inspector Thackeray, ASI Vijay Mishra, head constable Peerulal, constables Pradeep and Rajneesh Pandey did a commendable job to arrest the accused.
