Thieves steal 20 kg cannabis from court's storeroom in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: Twenty kilogram cannabis was stolen from court’s store room in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh between Saturday night and Monday morning.
Thieves broke open the asbestos roof of the court’s storeroom, where all the items seized by police are stored and barged into it, but they only took away cannabis with them.
“Nothing else has been touched.The thieves made a hole in the roof and most probably some child was made to enter from the hole. They took away around 20 kilogram cannabis which was stored in the room,” I G Sahdol range, K Babu Rao told TOI.
He added, “Investigations are going on in the matter and things, like why only cannabis were stolen and others will be clear once the investigations are over,” he said.
The incident police says have taken place between Saturday night and Monday morning. It came to light on Monday when incharge of the godown, Mukesh Paraste went on his duty. Paraste was shocked to find things spread here and there, he then found that two cartons have been opened and some cannabis are scattered, said sources.
Subsequently, Paraste informed police and a case was registered against unidentified men.
Sources said that in past one and half year more than 15 quintals of cannabis have been seized by police from various locations of the district and all of these was stored there after it was submitted in court by police.