News:2018-12-30/Eradication/siraha-police-destroy-500-cannabis-plants-at-tudkiya-golbazar-but-arrest-no-growers

NewsEradication30 December 2018

Siraha police destroy 500 cannabis plants at Tudkiya, Golbazar, but arrest no growers

myRepublica reported that police recently destroyed 500 cannabis plants at Tudkiya in Golbazar Municipality-2, Siraha district, and that no one was punished for growing them. It quotes Inspector Nabin Ghimire of the Area Police Office in Golbazar as saying police could not punish growers unless they were farming the crop commercially, and Superintendent of Police Jiwan Shrestha as saying more than 5,000 plants had been destroyed in the previous five months.

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PlaceGolbazarSirahaMadhesh ProvinceNepal

AgencyArea Police Office, Golbazar

Plants eradicated500

Approximate location26.78, 86.33

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2018-12-30 Eradication Siraha police destroy 500 cannabis plants at Tudkiya, Golbazar, but arrest no growers myRepublica reported that police recently destroyed 500 cannabis plants at Tudkiya in Golbazar Municipality-2, Siraha district, and that no one was punished for growing them. It quotes Inspector Nabin Ghimire of the Area Police Office in Golbazar as saying police could not punish growers unless they were farming the crop commercially, and Superintendent of Police Jiwan Shrestha as saying more than 5,000 plants had been destroyed in the previous five months. https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/index.php/news/police-destroy-cannabis-but-never-arrest-farmers Nepal Madhesh Province Siraha Golbazar 26° 46' 48.00" N, 86° 19' 48.00" E event site Area Police Office, Golbazar 500