Beed, Mar 25 (PTI) A 60-year-old farmer from Maharashtra’s Beed district has been arrested for allegedly growing cannabis plants concealed within a jowar (sorghum) crop, police said on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a farm at Sushi (Wadgaon) on Tuesday and seized 42 cannabis plants valued at about Rs 1.74 lakh, they said.
Accused Bhausaheb Tatyaba Turukmare had intercropped the contraband with his jowar plantation, they said.
Besides the police, forensic experts and officials from the revenue and agriculture departments were also part of the raid team, cops said.
Turukmare has been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, they added. PTI COR NR
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