Poshina
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| Poshina | |
|---|---|
| ActiveRecorded as grown here since 2000 | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Gene Pool | South Asian Gene Pool |
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Gujarat |
| District | Sabarkantha District |
| Coordinates | 24.36, 73.08 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 390 km² |
| Terrain | Approximately Poshina taluka; hilly and forested country near the Rajasthan border |
| Growing history | |
| Dated news reports | 2026 |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 0 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Poshina is a landrace cannabis growing area in Poshina taluka, in the north of Sabarkantha District, Gujarat, India. In May and October 2026 police reported cannabis growing on farmland in four villages of the taluka, in three of them hidden among a cotton crop.[1][2]
Geography
According to the district administration, Sabarkantha lies in the north-east of Gujarat, bordered by Rajasthan to the north-east, and the rows of the Aravalli hills cover the north-eastern part of the district. Poshina is one of its eight talukas, and one of three, with Khedbrahma and Vijaynagar, that the administration describes as mainly tribal, hilly and forested.[3] ETV Bharat described Kotda Gadhi, where cannabis was found in October 2026, as a village near the Gujarat–Rajasthan border, in remote and hilly terrain.[4]
Cultivation
On 17 May 2026 a team of the state's Anti-Narcotics Task Force searched farmland and a house at Vinchi village, in the Wadi area of the taluka. IANS reported that it recovered about 8 kg of green cannabis plants from the cultivated land and 4.7 kg of dry cannabis from the house.[2]
At the start of October 2026 the Local Crime Branch of the Sabarkantha police, acting on a tip-off, found cannabis grown under cover of a cotton crop in the Magra Phala area of Kotda Gadhi village and seized 967 plants.[5][4] Two days later the district's Special Operations Group, on patrol in the border villages, found cannabis growing among cotton on a farm in Jalera Faliya of Anjani village and seized 666 plants. In a separate case the Poshina police seized 322 plants grown among cotton on farmland in the Ro-Padola Faliya area of Kalikankar village.[6][1] Cases were registered in each instance under the NDPS Act.[1][5][2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ganja worth over Rs 2.37 crore found cultivated among cotton crops in Gujarat; four held". Mangalorean.com. IANS. 5 October 2026. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Illegal cannabis cultivation busted in Gujarat; cops seize drugs, arrest one". Punjab Kesari. IANS. 19 May 2026. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ District Administration, Sabarkantha. "About District". District Sabarkantha, Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ETV Bharat English Team (1 October 2026). "Gujarat: Cannabis Field Found In Village Near Rajasthan Border, Narcotics Worth Rs 1.72 Cr Seized". ETV Bharat. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "કપાસના વાવેતરની આડમાં ગાંજાની ખેતી ઝડપાઈ" [Cannabis farming under cover of a cotton crop caught]. Divya Bhaskar (in ગુજરાતી). 1 October 2026. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ "આંજણીમાં કપાસની આડમાં ગાંજાનું વાવેતર ઝડપાયું" [Cannabis planting under cover of cotton caught at Anjani]. Divya Bhaskar (in ગુજરાતી). 3 October 2026. Retrieved 20 October 2026.