Latest News | Four Arrested for Growing Cannabis in K'taka

Bengaluru, Sep 4 (PTI) Four people have been arrested for allegedly growing cannabis in four acres of land in a remote village of Chitradurga district, police said on Friday.

Acting on a tip-off, the police went to a farm in Vaderahalli village in Molakalmuru Taluk of the district and seized cannabis worth Rs one crore grown in the middle of the farm, police added.

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Police also said they arrested four people from villages in neighbouring Ballari district.

They had taken the land on lease from a villager at Rs one lakh a year.PTI GMS SS

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