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RAJKOT: Amreli police busted an opium cultivation racket in three farms in Babra taluka on Saturday and seized contraband worth Rs 32 lakh.
The police raided three farms on the road from Shirvaniya to Limbadiya village and seized 260.98kg plants worth Rs 26 lakh from Vitthal Talvadiya’s farm; 23.6 kg plants worth Rs 2.36 lakh from Ramji Talvadiya and 39.26kg worth Rs 3.92 from Parshottam Talvadiya. Amreli SP Nirlipt Rai said, “We found 40kg empty capsules in which opium was sold. Stock is half of what they had cultivated and we booked them under NDPS Act.
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