Farmer nabbed for cultivating cannabis, 830kg seized

Vadodara/Anand: The Anand police arrested a farmer with cannabis weighing around 830kg and of a market value of around Rs 83 lakh. He had cultivated the contraband in his farm at Dehda village of Khambhat taluka.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of special operations group (SOG) from Anand led by police inspector G N Parmar and police sub-inspector K G Chaudhary raided the farm on Wednesday. They came across the cannabis plants that were grown besides sorghum plantation at the farm located on the outskirts of Dehda village.
Ramesh Rathod was booked and arrested under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act at Khambhat rural police station, for illegally cultivating cannabis .
“The accused who is a farmer will undergo Covid-19 test and produced before the court. We will be seeking remand to gather more details,” said Parmar, adding that the ganja was being cultivated quite far from the village.