Sarpanch from Madhya Pradesh booked after Shirpur ganja packing raid
Sangvi police raided forest land at Jamnyapani in Shirpur taluka, Dhule district, and found three people packing cannabis for sale; all three fled and none was arrested. Police seized wet and dried cannabis, a two-wheeler and three phones worth about ₹14.39 lakh and booked a sarpanch from Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh, as the main suspect.
🇮🇳 Jamnyapani, Shirpur taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra · India
Sangvi police raided forest land in Jamnyapani, on the Madhya Pradesh border in
Shirpur taluka of Dhule district, at about 4.45 pm on 5 November 2026.[1]Police Inspector Jaypal Hire of Sangvi police station had received information
that cannabis was being grown on the forest land and packed there for sale.[1]At the site officers found three people packing cannabis.[1]All three fled
when they spotted the police; officers chased them for some distance but they
disappeared among hills in the remote terrain.[1]
None was arrested, and police registered a case against three suspects at Sangvi
police station.[1]Police seized wet and dried cannabis, a two-wheeler and
three mobile phones from the scene, property they valued at about ₹14.39 lakh
(1,439,000 rupees).[1]
Police identified as the main suspect in the cultivation the sarpanch, the
elected head of a village council, of Phaliya Dugani village on the Sendhwa road
in Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh.[1]Police Inspector Jaypal Hire is
investigating the case.[1]
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Sakal's banner image published with the report on the Sangvi police raid at Jamnyapani; it is captioned only as a Shirpur ganja seizure story, so what the picture itself shows could not be confirmed. Photo: SakalPhoto details
The report gives no weight for the wet and dried cannabis seized, and its figure of about ₹14.39 lakh covers the cannabis, a two-wheeler and three mobile phones together, not the cannabis alone.
It is not stated how much, if any, cannabis was left growing on the forest land or whether the plants there were destroyed.
The report says a case was registered but does not name the offences or the sections charged.
No arrest, court appearance or custody decision was reported for the three suspects, who fled.
Whether the raid is connected to the October 2026 eradication and seizure operations in the same Jamniapani forest area was not stated.
Chopda Rural police raided forest land at Khanayapadaw on 11 November 2026 and seized 1,870 kg of ganja-like plants police valued at Rs 4.67 crore. The accused cultivator fled and no arrest was reported; samples were kept for chemical testing.
Kalyanpura police in Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, raided a field where cannabis was grown among a pigeon pea crop in Kheda village and seized 105 green plants weighing 82.55 kg. Police arrested the farm's owner and valued the plants at 784,000 rupees, though the case details sit behind the outlet's app login.
Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 105Cannabis 82.55 kg
Udaynagar police uprooted more than 30 cannabis plants weighing 65 kg from a pigeon pea field at Kavtiapani village in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, after a drone survey. Police valued the plants at about Rs 2 lakh and registered an NDPS Act case against the field's owner, Poonam Mujalde.
Gattu police searched a field at the edge of Boyalagudem village in Jogulamba Gadwal district, Telangana, on Saturday 7 November 2026 and seized four cannabis plants said to be growing there. The plants were in a field belonging to Govindu, a farmer from Lingapuram village, who was taken into custody, questioned and named in a case, Gattu sub-inspector Kalyan Kumar said.
