Dhamnod police uproot 40 cannabis plants from a cotton field
Dhamnod police in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, uprooted 40 cannabis plants grown hidden in a cotton field at Kahirpura in Kachwaniya village and weighed them at 77 kg 61 g, valued at about 16 lakh rupees. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the field's owner, who was being sought.
🇮🇳 Kahirpura, Kachwaniya, Dhamnod, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Dhamnod police found cannabis being cultivated at Kahirpura in Kachwaniya
village in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, during Operation Prahar, the state
campaign against illegal drugs.[1]Officers uprooted 40 cannabis plants, known
locally as ganja, that had been grown hidden among a cotton crop.[1]The
uprooted plants weighed 77 kg61 g.[1]The article’s headline puts the
estimated value of the cannabis at about 16 lakh rupees.[1]
Police registered the case as crime number 568/2026 under section 8/20 of the NDPS Act.[2]
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The 40 cannabis plants police uprooted from the cotton field, in the page caption पुलिस द्वारा जब्त किए गए गांजे के 40 पौधे। The page gives no photo credit.Photo details
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