One arrested as police seize 12 cannabis plants in Jabalpur field
Bargi police arrested Sumerra Gond, 50, on 29 October 2026 after finding 12 cannabis plants growing among pigeon pea (rahar) in his field at Silua Ramnapur, Jabalpur district. Officers uprooted the plants, which weighed 7 kg 200 g and were valued by police at about 70,000 rupees.
🇮🇳 Silua Ramnapur, Bargi, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Bargi police arrested a man on 29 October 2026 after searching a field at
Ramnapur in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh, where cannabis was growing
illegally.[1]He was named as Sumerra Gond, 50, son of Basori Lal Gond and a
resident of Silua Ramnapur.[2]The search followed a tip from an informer, and
officers took independent witnesses with them to the field.[3]
Twelve cannabis plants, between about 2.5 and 7 feet tall, were standing among
rahar, or pigeon pea.[2]Officers uprooted the plants, removed the soil and
weighed them at 7 kg200 g.[2]Police valued the seized plants at about 70,000
rupees.[3]Khabar Abhi Tak put their value at more than 1 lakh rupees.[4]
Police registered case 574/26 against Gond under sections 8 and 20 of the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1]Police said the raid was
part of a district campaign against illegal narcotics cultivation and
trafficking.[2]
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Reports differed on the value of the seized plants: Yash Bharat and State News AI put it at about 70,000 rupees, while Sandhya Bandhu said about 1 lakh rupees and Khabar Abhi Tak more than 1 lakh.
No remand order, bail decision or trial outcome was reported.
Whether anyone else was involved in the cultivation was not reported.
The photos published with the reports are uncaptioned and uncredited, so no image could be confirmed to show the seized plants and none is linked.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in State News AI: He was produced before a court.
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