Farmer arrested in North Gujarat for cultivating cannabis, opium poppy in castor farm

Patan: A farmer was arrested last evening under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in Patan district for allegedly growing cannabis and opium poppy on his castor farm plot

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Patan police’s Special Operations Group and personnel from Harij police station raided Jivanji Thakor’s farmland in Piplana village and seized 1,069 kilograms cannabis and 113 kilograms opium poppy valued over Rs 70 lakh, comprising Rs 64.76 lakh for the cannabis and Rs 5.66 lakh for opium poppy.