Ganja worth ₹9,034 cr. destroyed: SEB chief
The Hindu
Sleuths of the Special Enforcement Bureau conducted raids across the State on illegal sand, liquor and NDPL, ganja and country made liquor and booked 1,05,689 cases in 2021, said SEB Commissioner Vine
Sleuths of the Special Enforcement Bureau conducted raids across the State on illegal sand, liquor and NDPL, ganja and country made liquor and booked 1,05,689 cases in 2021, said SEB Commissioner Vineet Brijlal.
He said the SEB arrested 1,47,217 persons, who were allegedly involved in smuggling liquor, ganja, sand and for hoarding black jaggery. Police seized 21,499 vehicles used for illegal operations in the State. Under ‘Operation Parivarthana’, the SEB personnel destroyed marijuana (ganja) plantations in about 7,375 acres worth about ₹9,034 crore in Andhra-Odisha Border and in East Godavari.
“The operation is being taken up in 299 villages, including Cheemakonda, Jangamput, Ranjila Mamidi, Chinna Gulleru, Chinna Vancharangi in Visakhapatnam and in two mandals in East Godavari districts. About 380 teams are participating in Operation Parivarthana,” Mr. Brijlal said.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.