Ganja

Cannabis plant without flowering or fruiting tops not 'ganja': Bombay HC

A seized cannabis plant without flowering or fruiting tops does not fall under the purview of 'ganja', the Bombay High Court has ruled while granting pre-arrest bail to a man accused of possessing commercial quantity of the narcotic substance. A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre in the order passed on August 29 also noted that there was a discrepancy in the substance seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau from the accused's residence and the sample sent by the NCB for chemical analysis. The court was hearing the pre-arrest bail plea filed by one Kunal Kadu, who apprehended arrest by the NCB for offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act Sections 8(C) (produce, manufacture or possession of narcotic substance), 28 (attempt to commit offence) and 29 (criminal conspiracy). According to the NCB, it had carried out searches at Kadu's residence in April 2021 and recovered a green leafy substance in three packets weighing a total of 48 kg. The NCB claimed

Assam cops recovers 497 kg ganja from truck, miscreants set vehicle on fire

As much as 497 kg ganja was recovered from a truck on Monday evening in the Srirampur area in Assam's Kokrajhar district, after which the vehicle was set on fire by some miscreants later at night.The driver of the truck was arrested, seizing the truck.Superintendent of Police of the Kokrajhar district, Thube Prateek Vijay Kumar, said, "The police have apprehended the driver of the truck and recovered about 497 kg of ganja on Monday."The Kokrajhar district police on Monday evening launched an operation and seized 40 packets of ganja containing 497 kg from a truck bearing registration number HR-55V-5169 at Srirampur area under the Simultapu Police Outpost.The empty truck was parked near the police outpost, where the miscreants torched the truck at night."Miscreants torched the truck last night. Later, firefighters had managed to bring the situation under control," the police official said.Further investigations over the torching of the truck are underway.

Man arrested with 600 kg of drugs worth over Rs 60 lakh in Surat

Police have seized 600 kg of ganja worth over Rs 60 lakh and arrested a native of Maharashtra in this connection in Gujarat's Surat district, an official said on Tuesday

Allahabad HC grants bail to NDPS accused held with 350 kg ganja'

The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to an Ayodhya man arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau after allegedly being found in the possession of nearly 350 kg of ganja. A Lucknow bench of the high court granted bail to Ayodhya resident Kaleem, booked under the stringent provisions of the NDPS Act in January 2019, ruling that he has a fit case for bail according to the larger mandate of Article 21 of the Constitution of India dealing with the Fundamental Right to life and personal liberty. While granting bail to the accused on October 21, a bench of Justice Siddharth also held the case worth enlarging the accused on the bail in the view of the nature of accusations and the nature of evidence in support thereof. The accused had been in jail since January 18, 2019. The NCB had arrested the accused with heavy contraband in possession and hence booked him under the NDPS Act. The FIR in the case was lodged at the NCB police station in the Ayodhya district. In his bail plea, the ac

Goa government law department gives nod for marijuana cultivation

The law department of the Goa government has given approval to a proposal to allow cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes

Over 700 kg ganja, around Rs 9 lakh in cash seized, 5 held

Nearly Rs 8 lakh was in new currency notes was also seized from the vehicle

Around 700 kg ganja, worth Rs 1.5 crore was seized in Chhattisgarh

No one was arrested as the driver and his helper managed to flee the spot leaving the truck and the consignment