3.5k opium plants seized from a farm in Jalore district

Jodhpur | Thursday | 28th March, 2019

Summary:

Barely a fortnight after the seizure of opium plants in an agriculture farm in village Bagra , Jalore police have laid hands on yet another farm with opium plantation and seized 3,500 plants ready to be harvested. A police team comprising over two dozen policemen including the teams of Jalore and Sayla police raided the farm and seized the plants. Before this, the Jalore police had raided opium farms in Bhinmal, Ramseen and Bagra, and even there the police seized a large number of plants. Sources said that Sanchore region of Jalore district is infamous for the consumption of opium mostly and major part of the opium consigned from Mewar and MP is traded and consumed in Sanchore and Chitalwana region of the district. JODHPUR: Jalore is fast making a mark as a major cultivator of opium..