An serviceman from the Anti Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai constabulary said they had arrested 1 Akash Chavan successful August from Saki Naka successful possession of marijuana. (Representative Image)
The Mumbai constabulary seized astir 3 tonnes of marijuana, estimated to outgo Rs 5 crore successful the achromatic market, from a fabric tract successful the Shirpur taluka of Dhule territory connected the Maharashtra – Madhya Pradesh border. Police said of the four-acre field, marijuana was being cultivated connected 2 acres.
Shirpur taluka has go a fertile crushed for increasing marijuana. Even successful the past, the section Dhule constabulary arrested radical who utilized the screen of fabric and tur fields to turn marijuana wrong their fields.
An serviceman from the Anti Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai constabulary said they had arrested 1 Akash Chavan successful August from Saki Naka successful possession of marijuana. When they asked him wherever helium procured the contraband from, helium led them to Dhule wherever a antheral named Kiran Koli had fixed it to him.
The constabulary past began looking for Koli and recovered his tract successful the Bhoiti colony successful Shirpur taluka of Dhule adjacent the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border. “The spot is located successful the interiors and hence the fields are utilized by immoderate to turn the contraband. On the outside, they turn fabric and tur, which is the staple here, and wrong they turn the contraband. We person seized marijuana worthy astir Rs 5 crores,” said inspector Rajendra Dahiphale.
Last month, the Dhule constabulary excessively had combed a tract and recovered marijuana being cultivated there. An serviceman said the spot wherever marijuana is cultivated is distant from the main metropolis and the upwind excessively is conducive for the maturation of the contraband. Also, since it is astatine the borderline of 2 states, ganja is sent crossed the state from here.
An serviceman said changeless enactment volition person to beryllium taken present successful bid to guarantee the country does not go a hub similar immoderate places successful the state similar Ganjam territory successful Odisha, wherever enactment has been taken by instrumentality enforcement agencies successful the past.