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VADODARA/ ANAND: Anand police arrested a farmer for cultivating 17 plants of cannabis weighing around 14.41 kg having a market value of around Rs 1.44 lakh.
The special operation group (SOG) of Anand had received a tip-off that the farmer was cultivating ganja at a farm at Haldari village. When a team of cops led by police inspector G N Parmar and police sub inspector K G Chaudhary raided the farm, they came across the cannabis plants that were grown besides grass near a house and a stable at a farm located on village outskirts. The cops have booked an offence against two accused – Nilesh alias Bhuriya Patel and Kanu Patel - under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act at Anklav police station.