Chopda Rural police raided a cultivation site at Khanayapadaw shivar in Chopda taluka on 11 November 2026 after learning that Jumma R C Pavra had grown ganja-like narcotic plants on Forest Department compartment No. 240 land.[1] The field held green plants four to six feet tall with leaves, branches and roots.[1] Suspect Jumma R C Pavra fled when the police party reached the field, so no arrest had been made in the case.[1] Police filed a case at Chopda Rural police station, where Inspector Sanjay Sonawane is continuing the investigation, including whether a wider network was behind the cultivation.[1]

Officers placed the whole stock in a Swaraj tractor-trolley and weighed it on the Agricultural Produce Market Committee scale at 6,260 kg gross and 4,390 kg for the empty tractor.[1] The net weight of the seized plants was therefore fixed at 1,870 kg.[1] Police valued the stock at 46,750,000 rupees at 25,000 rupees per kg.[1]

The cultivation was on Forest Department land rather than a private farm.[1] Samples of the plants with green leaves, branches and seeds, along with soil from the field, were kept for chemical testing.[1] The exact nature of the seized plants will be clear only after the laboratory report.[1]