The UP police have arrested a man, Rahul Chaudhary, for allegedly growing cannabis or ‘Ganja’, in his flat in a society in Greater Noida. After growing he used to allegedly sell it on dark web.
#WATCH | UP: A youth named Rahul Chaudhary arrested in Greater Noida for involvement in indoor cultivation of OG plants.
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Police recovered 80 plants, 2 kg of ganja and several types of pesticides and insecticides from his apartment.
Greater Noida DCP, Saad Miya Khan said, “”In a joint operation by Narcotics Cell, Ecotech-1 and Beta, a youth named Rahul Chaudhary has been arrested. He was involved in the indoor cultivation of OG plants. As we know weed is extracted from OG plants. In the raid conducted at Panorama Society, we recovered 80 plants, 2 kg of ganja and several types of pesticides and insecticides from his indoor setup”.
He further stated, saying, “He used to order seeds from a website. For growing, he had arranged for AC room temperature control and other pesticides and insecticides. And he also had indoor lighting which came with full spectrum light which created a sunlight environment. One plant would be ready in 100 to 110 days and the price of each plant would be between Rs 5-7000 and till now he had sold 10 to 20 plants to different customers on the dark web which would cost 50 to 60 thousand. There are a total of 80 plants and chemical pesticides, so its price is more than Rs 50 lakh”.
DCP khan mentioned that, he used to order seed from website and had an AC room temperature control with a setup of indoor lighting to grow the plants.
A case has been registered under the section of NDPS Act.
