Police use drones to bust 3.55 acre of ganja fields in ASR district
1 month, 1 week ago

Police use drones to bust 3.55 acre of ganja fields in ASR district

India Today  

The Alluri Sitarama Raju district police deployed drones to conduct an extensive anti-ganja operation on Monday, November 11, identifying and destroying 3.55 acres of cannabis plantations across 20 locations in Degalarai village, Solabham panchayat, and G Madugula Mandal in Andhra Pradesh. The targeted plantations were on varied land types, including 1.2 acre of patta land where four individuals were cultivating cannabis, 0.05 acre of government land where one individual was held, nine individuals on 1.95 acre of unsurveyed land, and five individuals for growing cannabis on 0.35 acre of forest land. This operation follows the ASR district’s 100-Day Action Plan initiated on June 12, 2024, which aims to combat ganja cultivation and trafficking through coordinated law enforcement and community efforts. The comprehensive approach combines strict law enforcement with public awareness initiatives, emphasising ASR district’s commitment to eradicating ganja production and trafficking across the district.

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Odisha: Major Crackdown on Illegal Cannabis Cultivation
2 weeks ago

Odisha: Major Crackdown on Illegal Cannabis Cultivation

Deccan Chronicle  

In a significant operation against illegal cannabis cultivation, a joint team of Odisha Police and excise officials destroyed cannabis crops worth an estimated Rs 8 crore in the Gajapati district on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off, the authorities targeted a hill near Pengam village under the Bada Sindhaba panchayat within the Mohana police limits. The plants were set on fire during …

Vizag police seize 27,000 Kg of ganja, arrest 1,505 in 2024
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1 month ago

Vizag police seize 27,000 Kg of ganja, arrest 1,505 in 2024

Deccan Chronicle  

The Visakhapatnam Range Police have filed 538 cases and apprehended 1,505 individuals in 2024, seizing over 27,000 kilograms of Ganja and 95 liters of hashish oil. In an interview with Deccan Chronicle, Visakhapatnam Range DIG Gopinath Jatti discussed the extensive strategy used to combat illegal drug trafficking. The police have also integrated technological measures, including CCTV surveillance at checkpoints, which …

27,000 kg Ganja Seized, 1,505 Arrested by Visakhapatnam Police in NDPS Act
1 month ago

27,000 kg Ganja Seized, 1,505 Arrested by Visakhapatnam Police in NDPS Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam Range Police have recorded 538 cases and apprehended 1,505 individuals in 2024, seizing over 27,000 kilograms of Ganja and 95 liters of hashish oil in the process. In a conversation with the Deccan Chronicle, Visakhapatnam Range DIG Gopinath Jatti discussed the extensive strategy employed to tackle illegal drug trafficking. The police have also integrated technological measures, including …

Andhra Pradesh Deploys Drone Technology To Combat Marijuana Cultivation In Anakapalli
1 month, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh Deploys Drone Technology To Combat Marijuana Cultivation In Anakapalli

ABP News  

The Andhra Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, has launched an innovative initiative to tackle illegal marijuana cultivation using advanced drone technology. The Andhra Pradesh government’s ultimate objective is the complete eradication of marijuana cultivation across the state. Among the remaining land lies 1.95 acres is unsurveyed land cultivated by nine individuals and 0.35 acres is forest land …

Greater Noida resident cultivates ‘ganja’ inside flat, sells on dark web; arrested
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1 month, 1 week ago

Greater Noida resident cultivates ‘ganja’ inside flat, sells on dark web; arrested

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a man for allegedly cultivating cannabis, also called ‘ganja’, inside his apartment in a Greater Noida society and selling it on the dark web. Accused ordered seeds from international website: Police DCP Khan said Chaudhary was allegedly using advanced aeroponic techniques which he learned through online resources, to cultivate cannabis in a fully controlled …

Avocado added to list of alternative crops to check ganja cultivation in ASR district of Andhra Pradesh
4 months ago

Avocado added to list of alternative crops to check ganja cultivation in ASR district of Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

ASR district officials have included avocado, a new variety of alternative crop, as part of efforts to check ganja cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, the departments concerned have targeted to distribute 20 alternative crops including avocado in 10,290 acres of crop area in 11 mandals in the 2023-24 financial year. Visakhapatnam Range Deputy Inspector General Gopinath Jatti recently held a …

Andhra Pradesh: 17 Smugglers, Including 2 Juveniles, Held With Ganja
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: 17 Smugglers, Including 2 Juveniles, Held With Ganja

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:In a joint operation, Anti-Narcotics Cell, along with law and order police of NTR district, arrested 17 ganja peddlers, including two juveniles. The arrested have been identified as Mallepolu Siva Naga Mahesh, Dhuli Venkatesh, Jajjanam Naresh alias Mechanic Naresh, D. Venkamraju alias Nani, Seelam Charan, Vanam Aravind alias Aarvi, Syeed Ali alias Ali, K. Sai Kiran, Kota Naga Durga Prasad, …

Ganja peddling, consumption will be dealt with an iron fist, warns Andhra Pradesh DGP Dwaraka Tirumala Rao
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ganja peddling, consumption will be dealt with an iron fist, warns Andhra Pradesh DGP Dwaraka Tirumala Rao

The Hindu  

Director General of Police Ch. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao has said that drugs mafia will have an adverse impact on the country’s economy and growth, and its ill-effects will have international ramifications too. It is alarming that some school-going children too are addicted to vices,” Mr. Tirumala Rao observed while participating in an awareness programme organised by the NTR Commissionerate Police …

Vizag police prepare 100-day action plan to check ganja menace
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Vizag police prepare 100-day action plan to check ganja menace

The Hindu  

With Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha making it clear that there should be “zero tolerance towards tackling ganja menace,” the Visakhapatnam police have come up with a 100-day action plan. The police have also decided to focus on ‘Mulakat’ meetings of remand prisoners booked under the NDPS Act to know whom they are talking to and whether they are …

Alluri district destroys ganja cultivated in 64 acres
1 year ago

Alluri district destroys ganja cultivated in 64 acres

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: In a two-day crackdown, the police in Alluri district have destroyed ganja cultivated on 64 acres of the agency area. During the present crackdown, the police filed cases against some individuals responsible for ganja cultivation in 64 acres of G Madugula mandal. “Highlighting the involvement of tribal communities in the EOB area, we conducted a special operation resulting in …

Gang of ganja smugglers busted in Kadapa
1 year, 9 months ago

Gang of ganja smugglers busted in Kadapa

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: In a major breakthrough, Kadapa police on Saturday nabbed a 19-member interstate gang of cannabis smugglers and seized 28 kg of ganja, a Ford car and four two wheelers from them. Anburajan told media that on a tip off, special police teams had been deployed at four different places in YSR district, which led to arrest of 19 smugglers. …

Marijuana use a common sight in Nacharam
2 years, 1 month ago

Marijuana use a common sight in Nacharam

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Spot checks and investigation by Deccan Chronicle found nearly 250 youngsters, including over 100 minors, consuming marijuana at isolated locations of Nacharam — abandoned factories in IDA Nacharam and a culvert of a park in Raghavendranagar. K. Rajyalakshmi, of Chilkanagar, said, “Police patrols the roads but the ganja consumers stay inside the vast area and cannot be seen from …

Narcotics bureau staff destroy illegal cannabis growing across 1,032 hectares in Himachal
2 years, 3 months ago

Narcotics bureau staff destroy illegal cannabis growing across 1,032 hectares in Himachal

Firstpost  

Based on inputs received the central agency formed teams and carried out surveys on the ground, resulting in the discovery of more such areas where cannabis was being grown in the districts of Himachal Pradesh New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Narcotics staff have destroyed 1,032 hectares of illegal cannabis cultivation in what is believed to be the biggest operation …

Ganja smuggling continues despite strict vigil in agency
2 years, 3 months ago

Ganja smuggling continues despite strict vigil in agency

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Ganja smuggling is continuing in the agency's tracts of ASR district despite vigil from the special enforcement bureau and special police. “For strategic reasons, the smugglers are carrying the weed from agency areas of Odisha but using Andhra roads till Rajahmundry from where they disburse to various directions,’’ said ASR district SP, Satish Kumar. The SP told Deccan Chronicle …

Ganja cultivation increases in rural areas of Telangana
2 years, 4 months ago

Ganja cultivation increases in rural areas of Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ganja cultivation is quickly turning into ‘opium’ for farmers who are lured by the quick money the sale of narcotics brings. Due to a lack of coordination among police, revenue, and agriculture department officials, the police have been unable to stop ganja cultivation. During a video conference, senior officials instructed all district police officers to be vigilant on ganja …

4-acre marijuana farm unearthed in Karnataka, 9,872 kg of ganja seized
4 years, 3 months ago

4-acre marijuana farm unearthed in Karnataka, 9,872 kg of ganja seized

India TV News  

The Karnataka Police has discovered a 4-acre Marijuana farm in Chitradurga district's Rampura. As per The News Minute's report, the Rampura Police had received a call from one of the locals and informed them that they had seen cannabis plant being cultivated in Vaderahalli, located in Molakalmuru taluk. The locals showed the police a four-acre plot nearby and the police …

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