The contraband was seized in Shirpur taluka. The police were alerted about ganja being cultivated through drip irrigation on a three-acre plot in Ambegaon, which is on the border with Madhya Pradesh
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An unidentified person has been booked after 11,000 kilograms of ganja were found on four tractors in Maharashtra's Dhule district, a police officer said on Sunday.
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The contraband was seized in Shirpur taluka, inspector Jaypal Hire said.
"We were alerted about ganja being cultivated through drip irrigation on a three-acre plot in Ambegaon, which is on the border with Madhya Pradesh. Between Saturday and Sunday, we seized four tractors with 11,000 kilograms of ganja. The plot is just 15 kilometres from a police station," the officer said.
An unidentified person has been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he added.
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