One arrested as police seize 128 cannabis plants at Patana home
Bhavnagar's SOG raided Ranchhodbhai Rupabhai Algotar's home in Patana, Vallabhipur, and arrested him after finding about 128 ganja plants in the courtyard and a fenced yard behind the house. Police reported the plants weighed 59.820 kg, valued the seizure at ₹2,991,000, and registered a case under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Patana (Bhal Ujalvav Timbo) village, Vallabhipur taluka, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat · India
Bhavnagar’s Special Operations Group (SOG) raided Ranchhodbhai Rupabhai
Algotar’s home in Patana village, Vallabhipur taluka, after a tip came in while
officers were on patrol.[1]The address was in Bhal Ujalvav Timbo, where
Algotar lived.[1]Officers searched the home’s courtyard and the fenced yard
behind it, where cannabis plants had been grown.[1]
The seizure included about 128 plants.[1]The green ganja weighed 59.820 kg.[2]Police valued the haul at 29.91 lakh rupees (₹2,991,000), with one lakh
equal to 100,000 rupees.[2]The seizure involved about 59 kg of green ganja
and total goods worth about ₹29 lakh.[3]Ganja is the local term for cannabis
used in the case.[3]
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Bhavnagar SOG personnel photographed at Patana village after the raid; the page gives no image credit.Photo details
Divya Bhaskardivyabhaskar.co.inGUપાટણા ગામે ગાંજાના મોટા જથ્થા સાથે એક શખ્સ ઝડપાયો: SOG પોલીસે 59 કિલો લીલો ગાંજો અને ₹29 લાખનો મુદ્દામાલ કબજે કર્યો
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No separate date for the raid is stated; 27 October 2026 is the publication date used as the incident date.
Divya Bhaskar rounds the seizure to about 59 kg and ₹29 lakh; ETV Bharat and Offbeat Stories give 59.820 kg and 29.91 lakh.
No area measurement for the courtyard or fenced plot was published.
No later court appearance, charge sheet or outcome was reported; police said the cultivation investigation was continuing.
The submitted Divya Bhaskar page is gated beyond its opening lines; the detailed raid facts are supported by ETV Bharat and Offbeat Stories.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in ETV Bharat Gujarat: Police arrested Algotar and handed the seized material to Vallabhipur police station for formal proceedings.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Offbeat Stories: Police registered a case against Algotar under India's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) at Vallabhipur police station.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Offbeat Stories: They said further investigation into the cultivation was underway.
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Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 105Cannabis 82.55 kg
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