Three held for growing poppy seeds in Madanapalle
The Hindu
The Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) sleuths of Madanapalle circle on Saturday raided a mango garden at Malehpadu panchayat of Madanapalle mandal, and arrested three persons on charges of cultivating opium poppy seeds (gasagasalu).
According to a press release from the Commissioner (SEB), the mango garden owner, Nagaraju, of Kathhipalle village of Malehpadu panchayat, had confessed to raising the plants in an area of ten cents in the garden by raising a three-layered fencing to prevent it from getting noticed.
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