Two held as Dhar police seize 1,284 cannabis plants in two raids
Dhar police arrested two growers and seized 1,284 cannabis plants weighing 969.335 kg in raids at Jali and Karaundia Khurd villages under Operation Prahar. Police valued the seizure at about Rs 1.57 crore and registered cases under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Jali and Karaundia Khurd villages, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Dhar police carried out two raids against illegal cannabis cultivation in Dhar district under Operation
Prahar, on the direction of Superintendent of Police Sachin Sharma.[1][2][3]They arrested two growers[1][2][3][4]and seized 1,284 green cannabis plants, known locally as ganja, weighing 969.335 kg[1][2][3][5][4][6][7], which police valued at 1 crore 57 lakh12 thousand rupees.[1][2][3][5][4][6][8]
Jali
Tanda police raided Jali village and seized 1,134 plants from the grower’s cotton field.[1][2][4][6][8][7]Police said they weighed 518.335 kg and were worth about 1 crore 3 lakh rupees.[1][2][4]They arrested Bhangda, son of Thawla Katara, of Jali, and registered a case against him at Tanda police
station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1][2][9][8][7]He named others involved,
who are on the run.[9]
Karaundia Khurd
Manawar station in-charge Rajesh Yadav said the Umarban outpost received a tip on 4 November that cannabis
was growing among cotton and tuar (pigeon pea) in a field at Karaundia Khurd, and raided it after
confirming the information.[10]Police seized 150 plants[1][2][4][6][8][7], weighing 451 kg and worth an
estimated 54 lakh 12 thousand rupees[1][2][10][4], and arrested the farmer under the NDPS Act.[1][2][9][7]Yadav said it was the area’s tenth action against illegal cultivation under Operation Prahar in two
months.[10]
Police said they were tracing the source of the seeds, the purpose of the cultivation and the supply
networks.[1][2][4][9]
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Nai Dunianaidunia.comHIधार में कपास के खेत से उखाड़े 1134 गांजे के पौधे, 518 किलो से ज्यादा वजन
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIमनावर में खेत से गांजे के 150 पौधे जब्त: कपास और तुअर की फसल के बीच हो रही थी खेती; 54.12 लाख कीमत, मालिक गिरफ्तार
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The article gives no separate date for the two raids; 5 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
No names or ages of the two arrested growers were published.
No court outcome beyond registration of cases under the NDPS Act was reported.
The article does not say whether the seized green plants were destroyed or retained as evidence.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searches in Hindi and English.
This account gives the second village as करौंदिया खुर्द (Karaundia Khurd), matching the existing record's spelling; no substantive discrepancy was found.
A second article on breakingtube.com carries the same headline and totals and appears to be a reprint of the same police release, so it does not constitute independent corroboration.
The article gives no separate date for the two raids; 5 November 2026 is its publication date.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: Police arrested the Jali accused and registered a case against him at Tanda police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: The Umarban outpost police received a tip from an informer on 4 November that cannabis was growing among cotton and pigeon pea in a Karondiya Khurd field and raided the field after confirming it.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: The Manawar station house chief said the Karondiya Khurd action was the tenth against illegal cannabis cultivation under Operation Prahar in the district in two months, with ten cases registered.
The article gives no separate date for the two raids; 5 November 2026 is its publication date and is used here as the incident date.
The article does not name the two arrested growers, give the field areas or record any court outcome.
Neither account gives a separate date for the Jali raid; 5 November 2026 is the Vocal TV publication date already used as the report's incident date.
The Vocal TV page photo carries no caption beyond the headline and no credit, so it is not established that it shows either of the two fields.
The Nai Dunia report does not give a separate date for either raid; 5 November 2026 is the incident date already used, while the article was published on 6 November 2026.
The article gives no court outcome beyond registration of cases under the NDPS Act.
Ghamasan News reproduces the same Dhar police release as the outlets already cited, so it is not independent reporting of the raids.
The article gives no separate date for either raid; 5 November 2026 is its publication date and the date already used for the incident.
The page's handout photo carries no caption other than the story headline and the tag Dhar Police, so it is not established which of the two fields it depicts.
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