Police seize marijuana worth ₹1.77 crore in Khargone:Cultivator grows crop in no-network forest zone, drone surveillance helps police find 3,200 cannabis plants

More than one crore worth of cannabis has been seized in Khargone. It was being cultivated in the no-mobile-network zone of the tribal hilly area. Police discovered it by searching with a drone. Here, 3200 cannabis plants were seized, with a total weight of 35.51 quintals. Its value has been estimated at 1 crore 77 lakh 56 thousand 200 rupees. The cultivation is in Nawadiya Phalya village of Tandawadi, bordering Maharashtra. Accused Tidiya Jamre had cultivated it in three different parts of the field. It took several hours for Helapadawa outpost and Chainpur police station personnel to uproot these plants. The team walked 3 kilometers through the forest to reach the field and uprooted all the plants, seizing them in vehicles. Arrangement for surveillance by building a watchtower in the field SP Ravindra Verma said that the accused had made arrangements for monitoring the cultivation by building a high watchtower in the field. He chose this area because there was no mobile network here, so that police or villagers would not get any information. Beds were also prepared in the field for irrigation. Accused absconding, case registered under NDPS Act
During the raid, the accused Tidiya Jamre fled from the spot, while his house was found locked. A case has been registered against him under section 8/20 of the NDPS Act at Chainpur police station. Police said that a special team has been formed to expose the entire network of this illegal cultivation. Action taken in the presence of senior officials
This campaign involved several officers including ASP Shakuntala Ruhal, SDOP Rakesh Arya, and Station In-charge Semaliya Gehlot. Police said that under Operation ‘Prahar’, strict vigilance is being maintained on such illegal activities throughout the district. See three pictures