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NewsEradication14 September 2017

Police destroy cannabis on 700 ropani at Okhareni in Gokarneshwor

myRepublica, carrying a report by the news agency RSS, reported that a police team mobilised by the Metropolitan Police Circle in Bouddha destroyed cannabis planted on 700 ropani of private land at Okhareni in Gokarneshwor Municipality-1, near Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park. It quotes DSP Aychut Pudasaini as saying that hemp was also planted on about 2,000 ropani near the park and that police were preparing to destroy opium poppy on 1,300 ropani that week.

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PlaceGokarneshworKathmanduBagmati ProvinceNepal

AgencyMetropolitan Police Circle, Bouddha

Approximate location27.73, 85.40

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2017-09-14 Eradication Police destroy cannabis on 700 ropani at Okhareni in Gokarneshwor myRepublica, carrying a report by the news agency RSS, reported that a police team mobilised by the Metropolitan Police Circle in Bouddha destroyed cannabis planted on 700 ropani of private land at Okhareni in Gokarneshwor Municipality-1, near Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park. It quotes DSP Aychut Pudasaini as saying that hemp was also planted on about 2,000 ropani near the park and that police were preparing to destroy opium poppy on 1,300 ropani that week. https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/700-ropani-of-marijuana-plants-destroyed Nepal Bagmati Province Kathmandu Gokarneshwor 27° 43' 48.00" N, 85° 24' 0.00" E event site Metropolitan Police Circle, Bouddha