Farmer arrested after 80 ganja plants seized in Khandwa cotton field
Pandhana police in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, arrested a 38-year-old farmer accused of growing 80 ganja plants among his cotton crop at Kokariya forest village. Officers seized the plants, which weighed about 146 kilograms and which police valued at about 1 million rupees, and registered an NDPS Act case against him.
🇮🇳 Kokariya forest village, Pandhana, Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Pandhana police in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, seized 80 ganja plants from
a cotton field at Kokariya forest village and arrested a 38-year-old farmer.[1][2][3]The ganja plants had been planted among the cotton crop.[1]The raid was
part of police action in Khandwa district against illegal cultivation of
narcotic substances, and the farmer was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, India’s drug law.[1]
The seized plants weighed about 146 kilograms, given as 1 quintal46 kilograms;
a quintal is 100 kilograms.[1][2]Police put the estimated value of the seized
ganja at about 10 lakh rupees.[1][2]
The case was registered under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.[2]Station house officer Rajkumar Rathore formed a police team and carried out the raid after a tip-off, and the operation was directed by Superintendent of Police Agam Jain and Additional Superintendent of Police Aditya Singhariya under DSP Durgesh Aarmo.[2]The raid was carried out under the direction of Superintendent of Police Agam Jain and Additional Superintendent of Police Aditya Singhariya, with guidance from DSP Durgesh Aarmo.[2]
The plants, weighing about 1 quintal46 kilograms, were pulled up and taken into police custody.[3]
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Arrested
1
Charged
1
Plants destroyed
80
Cannabis
146 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 1,000,000
Agency
Pandhana Police Station, Khandwa district
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (80 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Field
Grown
Outdoor
Charge
NDPS Act case for cultivating ganja
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Madhya Pradesh
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Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIकपास के खेत में उगाएं गांजे के 80 पौधे: पंधाना पुलिस को मिला 1 क्विंटल 46 किलो गांजा, कीमत 10 लाख रुपए
Nai Dunianaidunia.comHIखंडवा में कपास के खेत में उगा रखा था गांजा, पुलिस ने जब्त किए डेढ़ क्विंटल पौधे
NPG Newsnpg.newsHIकपास के खेतों में उग रहा था डेढ़ क्विंटल गांजा: सोचा नहीं होगा पुलिस ऐसे मारेगी रेड, जानें पूरा मामला
Open questions the AI reported
The article gives the day as Friday but no separate date; 6 November 2026 is the Friday before its publication and is used as the incident date.
The article says police seized the plants but does not say whether they were uprooted and destroyed or kept as evidence after weighing.
Only one outlet account of this raid could be opened; no police statement or second outlet was found.
The article gives no court appearance, remand order or charge sheet beyond registration of the case.
The village is spelled Kokariya in the article and Kakariya as the accused's home address; it is described as a forest village under Pandhana police station.
No figure for the field's area or for the cotton it carried was published.
The NPG account does not say whether the uprooted plants were burned or kept as evidence after weighing.
The page photo is captioned only with the article headline and credited as edited by NPG News, so it is linked rather than treated as a cover.
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Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 105Cannabis 82.55 kg
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