Six cannabis plants seized in a field, 70-year-old arrested near Bhairunda
Gopalpur police near Bhairunda in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district arrested a 70-year-old man after finding six large cannabis plants growing in his field. The plants weighed 7 kg 700 g and police valued them at about 70,000 rupees.
🇮🇳 Gopalpur police station area, Bhairunda, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Gopalpur police arrested a 70-year-old man accused of growing cannabis illegally
in his field.[1]
Officers searched his field and recovered six large cannabis plants.[1]The
plants weighed 7 kg700 g and police put their estimated value at about 70,000
rupees.[1]
The arrest was made in the Bhairunda area of Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh,
where the cultivation took place.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no date for the raid; 7 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only the opening of the article could be read, because the rest is behind an app and membership prompt; the accused's identity, the case number and any further police details are not recorded here.
The report gives no figure for the area of the field under cultivation and does not say whether the plants were burned or kept as evidence.
It is not stated whether the 7 kg 700 g is the weight of the uprooted plants or of the cannabis taken from them.
The 70,000-rupee figure is the police estimate, not an independently verified market price.
No court appearance, remand order, charge sheet or sentence was reported.
Only one source could be opened; no police statement or second outlet account of this arrest was found.
Coordinates are for Sehore district; the precise location of the field was not given.
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Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 105Cannabis 82.55 kg
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