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Crime Branch seizes 43kg ganja
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|February 25, 2026
The Anti-Narcotics Squad (Unit 1) of the Crime Branch has busted a ganja supply network and arrested four persons, seizing 43.076kg of contraband and other property collectively valued at Rs21,91,400.
The arrested accused have been identified as Akshay Popatrao Padule (31), a resident of New MHADA Colony, Hadapsar; Vishal Dattatray Jadhav (28), a resident of Hingne Mala, Hadapsar; Mangesh Janya Pawara (29), a resident of Bhogawade Khurd; and Dnyaneshwar Magan Pawara (25), a resident of Sangvi in Shirpur taluka of Dhule district.
This story is from the February 25, 2026 edition of The Free Press Journal - Mumbai.
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