- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Followers spot ganja plant among the flower pots and alert the police. Couple charged under narcotics act
By: Shajil Kumar
POSTING a video of their balcony garden on Facebook has landed a couple in Bengaluru in the police net.
Shortly after posting the video, some followers noticed ganja plants among the flower pots, according to a report in The Indian Express.
One of the followers alerted the police and they carried out a raid on the premises.
The police have identified the couple as Sagar Gurung, 37, and his wife Urmila Kumari, 38, hailing from Sikkim.
They have been living in Bengaluru for two years. While Sagar runs an eatery, Urmila is a homemaker.
During the search, the couple tried to resist and denied the claim. However, during their search, officers discovered that two flower pots appeared to have been hastily emptied.
According to media reports, the couple did get an alert from a relative about the impending raid.
The police, however, found traces of the ganja plants in the pots, and some leaves.
When they were interrogated, the couple confessed to cultivating ganja and directed the police to the discarded plants.
Officers recovered 54 grams of ganja from the pots and the couple has been charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The police also seized their mobile phones, including the one used to upload social media posts.
