Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Khargone Police Seize ₹2.98 Crore Cannabis Using Drones
Police in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, found cannabis plants growing illegally in two areas.
They used drones to search fields that were difficult to reach.
The places also had no mobile phone network.
Police teams crossed rivers and mountainous land to reach the fields.
They seized more than 15,000 cannabis plants.
The plants weighed nearly 6,000 kilograms.
Police estimated their value at ₹2.98 crore.
Cases were filed against four people under the NDPS Act.
Khargone Police seized 15,191 cannabis plants weighing 5,974 kilograms.
The cannabis was valued at an estimated ₹2.98 crore.
Operations took place on September 27 in Jamli and Guwada Thatta Phalia.
Police said drones helped locate fields in areas without mobile network coverage.
Cases were registered under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act against four people.
- Who
- Khargone Police, supported by teams from Chainpur, Bhikangaon, Bistan, Gogawan and the Khargone Police Line, conducted the operations.
- What
- Police seized 15,191 cannabis plants weighing 5,974 kilograms and valued at approximately ₹2.98 crore.
- When
- September 27; the articles do not specify the year of the operations.
- Where
- Jamli village and Guwada Thatta Phalia in the Chainpur area of Helapadava police station, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- The operations followed informer inputs and were conducted under Operation Prahar as part of a campaign against illegal drug cultivation and trafficking.
- Operation
- Operation Prahar
- Total seizure
- 15,191 cannabis plants
- Total weight
- 5,974 kilograms
- Estimated value
- ₹2.98 crore
- Jamli seizure
- 9,391 plants weighing 3,765 kilograms, valued at approximately ₹1.88 crore
- Guwada Thatta Phalia seizure
- 5,800 plants weighing 2,209 kilograms, valued at approximately ₹1.10 crore
- Legal provision
- Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act