Police in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, said they had seized 172 quintals (17,200 kg) of cannabis, known locally as ganja, in the past month and arrested 14 to 15 people in 25 drug cases.[1] Police put the international market value of the seized cannabis at 45 to 50 crore rupees.[1]

Additional Superintendent of Police Vijay Dawar said Operation Prahar was run on instructions from police headquarters and used drone surveillance to search hilly and inaccessible areas where cannabis was suspected to be grown in secret.[1] In the Manawar police station area alone, officers seized 67 quintals (6,700 kg) of cannabis that had been grown among cotton and maize crops.[1] Raj Express reported that police identified the fields with drone surveillance before moving in.[2] Searches were also continuing in Dehri, Thanabhag, Gandhwani and Mandu.[1]

Police described the campaign as a major action against illegal cannabis in the state and said the searches and seizures would continue.[1] Police were also examining the role of people linked to the cultivation and trafficking, Raj Express reported.[2]