Marijuana plants destroyed

SIRAHA, DEC 27 -
Police have launched a campaign to destroy marijuana in the district. Superintendent of Police Purna Chandra Joshi said that a team of officials from a police unit and the District Police Office destroyed marijuana farming on around 10 hectares of land in the southern, northern and western VDCs in the district. The move was initiated three weeks ago.

“A process to destroy marijuana plants on kitchen garden and other places is going on,” he said, adding that police collect information about marijuana farming and destroying the plants.

He said that their plan to destroy marijuana was delayed for some weeks due to election to the Constituent Assembly. “After destroying marijuana, we torch it,” he said. He said police destroyed marijuana farming in a number of VDCs, including Badahadamal, Chandraudayapur, Chandralalpur, Madar, Malhaniya, Gamhariya, Fulbariya and Hakpada, in the district.

Marijuana farming has gone rampant in the district as smugglers from India purchase it at home in collusion with police officials, according to a source.

A person requesting anonymity said a network involving political leaders, businessmen and high level government officials is involved in the illegal trade. Marijuana collected from Udayapur, Sindhuli and Ramechhap is stored in a village in the Chure area and from there it is supplied to Indian market, the source said.

Former secretary of Sanhaitha VDC, Ganga Prasad Yadav, said smugglers purchase marijuana for Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,000 per kg from farmers and sell it for Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000 per kg in India.

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