64.3 kg of cannabis plants seized from a Sikar millet field
Police in Ranoli, in Rajasthan's Sikar district, seized 64.3 kg of green cannabis plants growing inside a millet field during a two-day campaign at the end of August 2025. The plot is jointly owned by 19 people, and police said no arrests had been made while they investigated who cultivated the crop.
🇮🇳 Garhwalon ki Dhani, Trilokpura, Ranoli, Sikar district, Rajasthan · India
Police in Ranoli, in Rajasthan’s Sikar district, seized more than 64 kg of
cannabis plants, known locally as ganja, hidden in a millet field.[1]The
plants were growing near Garhwalon ki Dhani, in the Trilokpura area.[1]The
plot lay in the village hamlet itself, not in a remote area.[1]Millet stood
on three sides and a well on the fourth.[1]From a distance the plot looked
like an ordinary millet crop.[1]Officers searched the field during an “area
domination” campaign, a police sweep run under the direction of Jaipur Range
Inspector General Rahul Prakash, after a tip-off.[1]The campaign ran from 30
to 31 August 2025.[2]
Ranoli station house officer Rajesh Kumar said the plants had a market value of
about 9 lakh rupees, or 900,000 rupees.[2]Revenue records list the plot as
jointly owned by 19 people, among them Ramuram.[2]No arrests were made, and
Kumar said the accused would be arrested once the investigation established who
had cultivated the field.[1]The case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances Act.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
64.3 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 900,000
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Amar Ujalaamarujala.comHISikar News: बाजरे की लहलहाती फसल के बीच उगा रखा था गांजा, 64 किलो से ज्यादा पौधे जब्त
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIबाजरे की आड़ में गांजे की खेती: रानोली पुलिस ने दी दबिश, पौधों की कीमत 9 लाख रुपए
Open questions the AI reported
The campaign ran from 30 to 31 August 2025, but the reports do not say on which day the field was searched; the incident date is given as 31 August, when they were published.
Amar Ujala reported "more than 64 kg"; Dainik Bhaskar gave 64.300 kg, the figure used here.
No arrest, charge or court outcome was reported; police said an arrest would follow once they identified who cultivated the plot.
Police had not established which of the 19 joint owners was responsible, or whether the others knew of the crop.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: Dainik Bhaskar reported the haul as 64.300 kg of green cannabis plants.
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