A special court on Tuesday sentenced a 44-year-old man from Maharashtra''s Thane city to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for possession of 2.8 kg of charas.
The special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court sentenced Ashok Sudhiram Jaiswar, a resident of Wagle Estate, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him.

Additional public prosecutor Varsha Chandane informed the court that the Thane police had arrested the accused from near Thane railway station in April, 2015.