Beed, March 19 Police have seized nearly 22 kilograms of cannabis from a farm in the Beed district of Maharashtra and arrested a woman in connection with the incident, officials said on Thursday.
The operation was carried out in Lonwal village in the Wadwani tehsil on Wednesday, based on a tip-off, they said.
A police team conducted a raid at the farm and found cannabis plants being grown for commercial purposes. The police uprooted the plants and seized 21.960 kilograms of green cannabis, valued at Rs 5.49 lakh, an official said.
The accused woman, Ashabai Shingare (43), who owns the land, was arrested, he said.
A case has been registered against her under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and further investigation is underway to determine if she had links to a larger drug network.