Man held for selling ganja from home

Vadodara: A history-sheeter living in Somatalav area was arrested by the detection of crime branch (DCB) on Wednesday night for selling marijuana from his home.
DCB sleuths raided the house of Dhansukh Prajapati at Hanuman Tekri on receiving information about his illegal business. Police said that Prajapati has been arrested in the past too under prohibition law but has now switched to selling marijuana. On checking his house, cops found small parcels of different quantities in which Prajapati had stored marijuana. In all 1.2 kg of marijuana worth Rs 12,230 was found from his house. “We also called the forensic officials too at his home and their on-spot tests confirmed that the substance found in the accused’s home was marijuana,” said a police official.
When asked about the source of marijuana, Prajapati told cops that he had bought from an unknown man in Ashwanikumar area of Surat. “The accused does not know the man, but he told us that the man in Surat buys it from Odisha, so we have booked him as well,” the police official added. An offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered at Panigate police station.