Police seize 122 cannabis plants in two Adilabad raids
Police in India’s Adilabad district seized 122 cannabis plants during two raids, estimating their value at ₹12.20 lakh. The plants were allegedly cultivated in a house backyard and a cotton field. Cases were registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Police in Adilabad district seized 122 cannabis plants during two raids on Friday as part of a continuing crackdown on ganja cultivation. The seized plants were valued by police at about ₹12.20 lakh. One raid at Sonpalli village in Ichoda mandal produced 98 plants allegedly being grown in the backyard of a house belonging to 78-year-old Todasam Muyya.
Police booked Muyya under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The supplied report did not state whether he was arrested or provide details of the investigation into the cultivation. In a separate operation at Rampur village in Gadiguda mandal, officers seized 24 cannabis plants from a cotton field.
A case under the same law was registered against the alleged cultivator, 38-year-old Gedam Rajeshwar of Rampur. Police said they would recommend that the relevant departments discontinue government-scheme benefits for the cultivator of the prohibited crop. The report did not identify the specific schemes or state whether any decision had been made.
The seizures were part of what police described as a continuing campaign against illegal cannabis cultivation in the district. No further information about the source of the plants or possible links between the two cases was provided.
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