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A Nepali Times investigation finds a Rs 6 billion ganja trade

A December 2000 investigation in Makwanpur, Bara, Parsa and Dhading found cannabis plantations worked openly, with Indian buyers supplying seed on credit and returning at harvest. The paper estimated Nepal grew 3 million kg of ganja and charas a year and exported Rs 6 billion worth to India, with police, local officials and Maoist cadres taking a share.

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A December 2000 investigation in Makwanpur, Bara, Parsa and Dhading found cannabis plantations worked openly, with Indian buyers supplying seed on credit and returning at harvest. The paper estimated Nepal grew 3 million kg of ganja and charas a year and exported Rs 6 billion worth to India, with police, local officials and Maoist cadres taking a share. Farmers said the crop paid better than their other crops, and that raids usually fell on those who had not paid.[1]

Sources

  1. Ganja Nation (15 December 2000). Nepali Times. Opening section and reporting from Makwanpur, Bara and Parsa.

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From Landrace.wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Places offset by about 500 m.

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Location accuracy: country only. The sources name no closer place; the dot marks the middle of Nepal.28.26, 83.95

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