In second such incident this week, police on Thursday raided an illegal opium field and seized poppy plants valued at Rs 24 lakh and also arrested a person in Jalna district of Maharashtra, an official said.

The illegal cultivation of opium was being done at Chanegaon village in Badnapur tehsil, he said. In a joint operation, the Local Crime Branch and the Badnapur police raided the field and recovered 96 kg of poppy plants valued at Rs 24 lakh, the official said.