The accused Sampati Uma Prasad of Ballepalli in Khammam city was nabbed by the Central Crime Station police and the Three-Town police at Gandhi Chowk area where he was spotted moving suspiciously.
Police said the man had tried to bluff the cops who raided his residence saying that he knew nothing about the cannabis plants and that he had assumed them to be sorrel (gongura) plants.
BRS city president Pagadala Nagaraju along with the party leaders planted saplings in the NSP camp area in 53rd division and a cake was cut in the presence of the elderly at Jeevan Sandhya old age home.
BRS district president, MLC Tata Madhusudhan also asked the Collector to probe into an incident of doctors acting negligently towards a farmer who went to the Government General Hospital for treatment following snakebite recently.
Maheshwar Reddy alleged that a large number of farmers had not received crop loan waiver amount causing unrest among those whose names were not included in the beneficiaries list.
He held a teleconference with revenue, municipal, panchayat raj and irrigation officials and directed them to ensure that rainwater flows unhindered from drains.
He was said to have committed suicide by walking in front of a moving train between Khammam and Mallemadugu railway stations during late night hours on Tuesday.