UP: Man arrested for cultivating cannabis in his indoor setup at Greater Noida
Nov 12, 2024
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 12 : A man in Greater Noida has been arrested for cultivating Organic Grown (OG) plants from his indoor setup, police said on Tuesday.
According to DCP Greater Noida Saad Miya Khan, the accused has been identified as Rahul Chaudhary.
"In a joint operation by Narcotics Cell, Ecotech-1 and Beta, a youth named Rahul Chaudhary has been arrested. He was involved in the indoor cultivation of OG plants. As we know weed is extracted from OG plants," he said.
"In the raid conducted at Panorama Society, we recovered 80 plants, 2 kg of ganja and several types of pesticides and insecticides from his indoor setup," DCP Khan added.
He said that the accused used to order seeds from a website and had arranged for AC room temperature control with indoor lighting to create a sunlight environment for growing OG plants.
"He used to order seeds from a website... For growing, he had arranged for AC room temperature control and other pesticides and insecticides. And he also had indoor lighting which came with full spectrum light which created a sunlight environment," DCP Khan said.
"One plant would be ready in 100 to 110 days and the price of each plant would be between Rs 5-7000. Till now he had sold 10 to 20 plants to different customers on the dark web which would cost 50 to 60 thousand... There are a total of 80 plants and chemical pesticides, so its price is more than Rs 50 lakh," he added.
Further details are awaited.
