Dahi police arrested 40-year-old Jhagalia Alava of Temaria village in Dhar district and were questioning him.[1] Police registered separate cases against Mayaram Dawar and Jagan alias Dayaram under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and were conducting raids to arrest them.[1] A case in the Dhar seizure was registered at Dahi police station under Section 8/20 of the Act, with investigation continuing.[1]
Police seized 380 cannabis plants valued at approximately Rs 65.07 lakh in separate operations in Khargone and Dhar districts.[1] In Badvel village under Maheshwar police station limits in Khargone, officers seized 321 illegally cultivated plants weighing 444.6 kg and valued at Rs 44.37 lakh from two fields.[1][2] Those comprised 189 plants weighing 389.7 kg and valued at about Rs 38.97 lakh from Mayaram Dawar’s field and 132 plants weighing 54.9 kg from Jagan alias Dayaram’s field, concealed among cotton and pigeon pea crops.[1][2] In Temaria village in Dhar, officers seized 59 plants weighing 138.49 kg and valued at Rs 20.70 lakh from a field along a drain near a forest area, where cannabis had been grown among cotton.[1][2]
The Maheshwar raids followed an informer’s input during a state-level anti-narcotics campaign on the directions of Superintendent of Police Ravindra Verma and Maheshwar station in-charge Jagdish Goyal.[1] The Dhar raid was conducted under Operation Prahar, the statewide campaign against cultivation, production, sale and smuggling of illegal drugs, after a tip-off by a team led by Dahi station in-charge Sharad Barde.[1] Dhar Superintendent of Police Sachin Sharma announced a reward for the police team.[1]
