Over the past two months, in a special operation run across the four Nimad Range districts of Khargone, Barwani, Khandwa and Burhanpur, police say they have carried out major action against the illegal drug trade and seized about 200 quintal of ganja, roughly 20,000 kg, valued at about 8 crore rupees.[1] Police registered 70 cases during the two-month operation and say they are investigating the network behind the illegal cultivation.[1]
Nimad Range police seize 200 quintal ganja in two-month drive
Police in Madhya Pradesh's Nimad Range say that over the past two months, in a special operation across the Khargone, Barwani, Khandwa and Burhanpur districts, they have seized about 200 quintal (~20,000 kg) of ganja valued at about 8 crore rupees and registered 70 cases. The force is investigating the network behind the illegal cultivation.
🇮🇳 Sendhwa, Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh (Nimad Range: Khargone, Barwani, Khandwa, Burhanpur) · India
- Cannabis
- 20 t
- Agency
- Nimad Range police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
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- 14 Nov 2026
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Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Cannabis
- 20 t
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 80,000,000
- Agency
- Nimad Range police
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (20 t)
- Activity
- Trafficking, Cultivation
- Case stage
- Under investigation
- Operation
- 11 Sept 2026 – 11 Nov 2026
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
Sources
- Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHI4 जिलों में 8 करोड़ का 200 क्विंटल गांजा जब्त: दो महीने के अभियान में 70 केस दर्ज; अवैध खेती से जुड़े नेटवर्क की जांच
Open questions the AI reported
- The 200 quintal is a rounded police figure ("kabhi 200 quintal" means "about 200 quintal") converted to ~20,000 kg, not an exact measured weight.
- The 8 crore rupees value is the police's street-value estimate for the 200 quintal, not a measured figure.
- The number of people arrested or charged in the 70 registered cases is not published in the available text.
- The exact start date of the two-month operation is not published; 11 September 2026 is a stand-in for the period start, with 11 November 2026 (publication day, '11 hours before') as the end.
- The per-district breakdown of the 200-quintal aggregate is not published in the available text.
