Action plan to check ganja cultivation in Andhra Pradesh
The Hindu
Police are focusing on ‘Seelavathi’ variety grown in AOB region
The Andhra Pradesh police, who have prepared an action plan to check cultivation and smuggling of ganja (cannabis) from the Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) and the Agency areas of East Godavari district, are focusing on the ‘Seelavathi’ variety that has good demand in the market.
“Though the cultivators are growing many varieties of ganja in the AOB region, the ‘Seelavathi’ variety commands exceptionally high demand in the national and international markets,” say the police.
According to the officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), and the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB), ganja is being cultivated in about 41 districts spread over 17 States in the country.