Gujarat: Marijuana plantation worth Rs 1.14 crore busted in Dahod

VADODARA: Special Operations Group (SOG) sleuths along with police officials from Piplod under Dahod district police unearthed marijuana plantation worth more than Rs 1.14crore in Devgadh Baria taluka of the district.
Extensive searches were conducted in the Saliya village of Devgadh Baria taluka after Piplod police received information regarding marijuana plantation done by farmers there.After day-long searches, sleuths finally identified three farms where marijuana cultivation was done illicitly.
Two of the farms where 1,745 plants weighing 1,038kg were found belonged to Narsinh Patel. Another 130 plants weighing 101.34kg were found from Ganpati Bariya’s farm. All these farms are located in the same area. The plants are valued at Rs 1,14,03,400 in open market.
Cops arrested Patel and Bariya and initiated investigations to find out since when these farmers resorted to contraband farming. Also, sleuths are trying to identify the source of seeds the farmers used and also where they sold the drugs. Earlier too, similar plantations were unearthed by the police in Dahod and Chhota Udepur districts.