Satna farmer held as 60 cannabis plants in pigeon-pea field seized
Police in Alampur village, Satna, arrested 54-year-old Chain Singh Gond after finding 60 cannabis plants growing among his pigeon-pea crop. Officers seized plants weighing about 18 kg, valued at 180,000 rupees, registered an NDPS case and produced him in court, which sent him to jail.
🇮🇳 Alampur village, Uchehra, Satna, Madhya Pradesh · India
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Plants destroyed
60
Cannabis
18 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 180,000
Police arrested 54-year-old Chain Singh Gond in Alampur village in the Uchehra
police area of Satna district after finding cannabis growing in his pigeon-pea
field.[1]Officers said he had planted cannabis plants among the pigeon-pea
plants in the field.[2]The Parsamania outpost police raided the field after
receiving information from an informer.[2]Police said the accused tried to
run when he saw the team but was caught after officers surrounded him.[2]Police registered a case under the NDPS Act at Uchehra station, produced him in
court, and the court sent him to jail.[2]
Officers seized 60 green cannabis plants from the field.[2]Police described
the plants as 5 to 6 feet tall.[2]Police gave the weight of the seized plants
as 18 kg.[1]Police valued the seized drug at 180,000 rupees.[2]
The second account records the case as crime number 428/26 under the NDPS Act.[1]It says the operation was led by Uchehra station chief Satish Mishra and
Parsamania outpost chief Santosh Singh Dhurve.[1]It places the raided plot in
the Chhirhan Bav area of Alampur village in the Parsamania hill area.[1]
Photos and video
Photo of the cannabis cultivation found in the pigeon-pea field. Source: Bhaskar Hindi
The article gives no separate date for the raid; 4 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date, while the second outlet published the same account on 3 November 2026.
The reported 18 kg is the weight given for the 60 green plants as seized, not a stated dried-cannabis laboratory weight.
The reported value of 180,000 rupees is the police estimate, not an independently verified market value.
No court outcome beyond remand to jail was reported; further custody, charges and trial status remain unknown.
Both accounts repeat the police version; no separate official statement or account from the accused was available.
The two outlets spell the accused's surname slightly differently as गोड़ and गोंड.
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