Drone finds 30-plus cannabis plants, 65 kg, in a Dewas tur field
Udaynagar police uprooted more than 30 cannabis plants weighing 65 kg from a pigeon pea field at Kavtiapani village in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, after a drone survey. Police valued the plants at about Rs 2 lakh and registered an NDPS Act case against the field's owner, Poonam Mujalde.
🇮🇳 Kavtiapani village, Udaynagar, Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Udaynagar police, in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, uprooted more than 30
cannabis plants growing among a pigeon pea crop in a field at Kavtiapani
village.[1]Acting on a tip-off, police identified the plants in a field
belonging to a person named Poonam Mujalde, near a forest.[1]The plants stood
about four feet high among the pigeon pea.[1]Officers used a drone to check
the field and the condition of the plants before going in.[1]The operation
began on Saturday afternoon and ran for several hours.[1]
Station house officer Abhinav Shukla said the plants were uprooted and weighed
at 65 kg.[1]Police put the value of the cannabis at about two lakh rupees.[1]A case was registered against Poonam under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.[1]The team included sub-inspector Rakesh
Singh and other officers of the station.[1]The report described the raid as
the third cannabis enforcement action in about 22 days, after plants were seized
at Garaghati and Borpadaw villages of Mahigaon panchayat.[1]
Photos and video
Police officers uprooting cannabis plants in the tur field at Kavtiapani, published with the report under the caption 'गांजे के पौधे उखाड़ते पुलिसकर्मी'. Photo: Nai DuniaPhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Plants destroyed
30
Cannabis
65 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 200,000
Agency
Udaynagar police station, Dewas
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (30 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Field
Grown
Outdoor
Charge
offences under the NDPS Act
Case stage
Charged
Region
Madhya Pradesh
Date
Approximate
Sources
Nai Dunianaidunia.comHIदेवास में ड्राेन से पकड़ी गांजे की खेती, तुअर की फसल के बीच उगा रखे थे पौधे
Open questions the AI reported
The article does not give the day of the raid; it says it began on Saturday afternoon, and 8 November 2026 is the publication date, so the incident date is approximate.
The plant count is given only as 'more than 30', so 30 is recorded as the plants destroyed.
The 65 kg is the weight police gave for freshly uprooted plants, not dried cannabis, and no field area is given.
Whether Poonam Mujalde was detained is not stated; the article reports only that a case was registered, so no arrest is recorded.
No second account of the raid was found; the report rests on the Udaynagar police station's account as published.
The page's only photo is captioned as police officers uprooting the cannabis plants but carries no separate credit line.
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Kalyanpura police in Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, raided a field where cannabis was grown among a pigeon pea crop in Kheda village and seized 105 green plants weighing 82.55 kg. Police arrested the farm's owner and valued the plants at 784,000 rupees, though the case details sit behind the outlet's app login.
Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 105Cannabis 82.55 kg
Gattu police searched a field at the edge of Boyalagudem village in Jogulamba Gadwal district, Telangana, on Saturday 7 November 2026 and seized four cannabis plants said to be growing there. The plants were in a field belonging to Govindu, a farmer from Lingapuram village, who was taken into custody, questioned and named in a case, Gattu sub-inspector Kalyan Kumar said.
A team led by Sadar circle officer Rahul Shankar raided a kirana shop in Boksa village, Buxar district, Bihar, on a tip-off and recovered 1 kilogram of ganja. The administration seized the drug and began legal proceedings against the shop's owner, Amarnath Prasad; no arrest was reported.
