Farmer held as 44.4 kg ganja seized in marigold field in Imampur
Police raided a farm at Imampur in Ahilyanagar where cannabis plants were grown hidden among marigolds, seizing 44.415 kg valued at about Rs 22.2 lakh. Farmer Devidas Rangnath Timkare, 64, was detained and an NDPS case was registered at MIDC police station.
🇮🇳 Imampur, Ahilyanagar taluka, Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra · India
The Local Crime Branch and MIDC police conducted a joint raid on the field at
Imampur.[1]
Officers found small and large cannabis plants growing concealed among the
marigold flower crop.[2]Police seized44.415 kg of cannabis plants and put
their estimated value at Rs 2,220,750.[2]The team entered the field with
panchas, independent witnesses, acting under orders from senior officers.[2]
The confidential tip that Timkare was growing cannabis in the marigold crop was
received on 10 October 2026.[2]MIDC police station registered Crime No.
910/2026 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.[2]The accounts place the case amid wider cannabis smuggling into the district from
Telangana and Odisha and earlier cultivation cases in several talukas.[3]
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No separate raid date was published; 18 October 2026 is the earliest publication date used as the incident date, while the tip was received on 10 October 2026.
No plant count or cultivated area was published, only the 44.415 kg weight.
The reports say the farmer was taken into custody and an NDPS case was registered, but no formal arrest, charge or court outcome is stated.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Divya Marathi: Police detained 64-year-old farmer Devidas Rangnath Timkare of Imampur in Ahilyanagar taluka after cannabis cultivation was found in his field.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Divya Marathi: Local Crime Branch inspector Santosh Mutkule developed the information and MIDC assistant inspector Hemant Thorat joined the raid.
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Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
