Man imprisoned for growing opium at home

Kulwinder Singh, a resident of Madan Heri, Kharar, has been taken into custody by the police for cultivating opium plants in his kitchen garden.

Authorities added that they had taken 92 plants out of his hands and that they had filed an NDPS Act complaint against Kulwinder at the Sadar Kharar police station.

According to Kharar DSP Karan Singh Sandhu, 169 plants and bulbs weighing a combined 5.150 kg have been taken. We’ve been tipped off that the suspect is an agriculturist who grows opium plants in his garden. We found out after interrogating him that he had grown it for his own use and that it was his second harvest.

According to the authorities, the suspect was placed under two days of police detention as they looked into where the opium came from.

Three states allow cultivation with restrictions.

Only three states—UP, MP, and Rajasthan—allow the cultivation of opium, and even then, only in areas that the GOI has designated as authorized. Himachal Pradesh is considering granting a license for farming. The area that the tract licenses determines how much may be cultivated. “Licenses are issued for opium cultivation for a variety of reasons, including farmer’s income, revenue, the reduction of synthetic drug dependence, and by-products in the pharmaceutical industry, such as morphine and codeine,” said a top Punjab Police officer.