Excise officials seized 15 kg of dry ganja and 600 ganja plants from the premises of a temple at Panchamgam village in Narayankhed mandal. The contraband was allegedly grown on temple lands, prompting suspicion of the seer’s involvement.
Sharmila said Takada Indal, Kasavath Sajanlal, Gothi Ravinder, Kachakand Santosh, Bamane Narender, Peliya Prathap Singh, all from Mangalsingh Thanda in Kaddampeddur mandal were apprehended for secretly cultivating cannabis in their farms when she along with her staffers conducted raids on the fields following a tip-off.
