Drones used to identify ganja cultivation

Transportation via Zaheerabad and Bidar has increased

The police are using innovative methods to find out places where ganja may be cultivated, which has become a serious issue in the State.

Police of Zaheerabad have been using drones to identify ganja cultivation areas and as late as on Tuesday, they sent drone to take photos. However, no traces of ganja cultivation came to their notice.

“We have used drones to search for ganja cultivation at Vithanaik tanda, Mirjampally tanda, Upparpally tanda and Jangorepally tanda about a week ago. Recently, on Tuesday we flew them at Sunnabatti tanda, Padigan tanda and Mandagubbadi tanda. All these tandas are mostly bordered with Karnataka areas. As ganja is frequently coming from neighbouring places, we searched those areas. However, we have not found any ganja cultivation,” said Mr. M. Viswanatham, Sub-Inspector, Chiragpally, who was involved in search of ganja. The raid was led by Zaheerabad Circle Inspector P Rajasekhar.