Ahmedabad: A farmer was arrested Saturday evening in Gujarat's Patan district for allegedly growing cannabis and opium poppy on his farm plot, a police official said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Patan police's Special Operations Group and personnel from Harij police station raided Jivanji Thakor's farmland in Piplana village and seized 1,069 kilograms cannabis and 113 kilograms opium poppy, sub-inspector H L Joshi said.
Guj: Farmer held for cultivating cannabis, opium poppy
A farmer was arrested in Gujarat's Patan district for allegedly growing cannabis and opium poppy on his farm plot.
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He valued the contraband at over Rs 70 lakh, comprising Rs 64.76 lakh for the cannabis and Rs 5.66 lakh for opium poppy.
Thakor has been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he said.
Ahmedabad: A farmer was arrested Saturday evening in Gujarat's Patan district for allegedly growing cannabis and opium poppy on his farm plot, a police official said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Patan police's Special Operations Group and personnel from Harij police station raided Jivanji Thakor's farmland in Piplana village and seized 1,069 kilograms cannabis and 113 kilograms opium poppy, sub-inspector H L Joshi said.
ALSO READ :Modi says no 'Mann ki Baat' for 2 months, promises to be back in May
He valued the contraband at over Rs 70 lakh, comprising Rs 64.76 lakh for the cannabis and Rs 5.66 lakh for opium poppy.
Thakor has been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he said.
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Guj: Farmer held for cultivating cannabis, opium poppy
Ahmedabad, Feb 24 (PTI) A farmer was arrested Saturday
evening in Gujarat's Patan district for allegedly growing
cannabis and opium poppy on his farm plot, a police official
said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Patan police's
Special Operations Group and personnel from Harij police
station raided Jivanji Thakor's farmland in Piplana village
and seized 1,069 kilograms cannabis and 113 kilograms opium
poppy, sub inspector H L Joshi said.
He valued the contraband at over Rs 70 lakh,
comprising Rs 64.76 lakh for the cannabis and Rs 5.66 lakh for
opium poppy.
Thakor has been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, he said. PTI KA
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Guj: Farmer held for cultivating cannabis, opium poppy
Ahmedabad, Feb 24 (PTI) A farmer was arrested Saturday
evening in Gujarat's Patan district for allegedly growing
cannabis and opium poppy on his farm plot, a police official
said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Patan police's
Special Operations Group and personnel from Harij police
station raided Jivanji Thakor's farmland in Piplana village
and seized 1,069 kilograms cannabis and 113 kilograms opium
poppy, sub inspector H L Joshi said.
He valued the contraband at over Rs 70 lakh,
comprising Rs 64.76 lakh for the cannabis and Rs 5.66 lakh for
opium poppy.
Thakor has been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, he said. PTI KA
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