Three held as Koraput police destroy 12,000 cannabis plants
On 3 September 2026 Padwa police destroyed about 12,000 cannabis plants on nearly 10 acres of forest near Disariguda and Lenjiiguda in Koraput and arrested three men they said were tending the crop. The plants were about four to five feet tall. A case was registered at Padwa.
On Thursday 3 September 2026 a Padwa police team destroyed about 12,000 cannabis plants on nearly 10 acres (about 4 hectares) of hill forest near Disariguda and Lenjiiguda, under Padwa police station in Koraput district.[1][2]Koraput superintendent Rohit Verma said the plants were about four to five feet tall and were uprooted on the spot in the presence of an executive magistrate.[1]
Police arrested three men they said were planting and tending the crop: Jayaram Gemel, 30, of Disariguda, and Hasya Khara, 45, and Ghasi Gemel, 42, both of Lenjiiguda.[1][2]They seized two plastic buckets, two spades and a partly used sack of urea.[1][2]Sub-inspector Umesh Dharua led the raid.[2]OMMCOM News said Padwa registered Case No. 88, dated 3 September 2026.[2]
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Three men with their faces covered stand with uniformed officers in front of a Koraput police board, in the photograph published with the account of the arrests.Photo details
The photograph shows three hooded men at a Koraput police briefing. The reports do not say in the caption which of the named men is which.
OMMCOM News records the case as Padwa Case No. 88 of 3 September 2026. It gives the section as 29(a)(i) of the NDPS Act, a numbering that does not match the usual cultivation section, and The Times of India does not give a section.
The map marks Disariguda. The plots also reached forest near Lenjiiguda, which is not given a separate point.
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