SAMBALPUR: In separate raids by police and forest personnel on hemp cultivation today, Rairakhol police destroyed hemp plants cultivated in over 25 acres of forest land valued at Rs 10 crore at villages Kamalanali and Dhabkinali in Ghusuramal gram panchayat under Hatidhara reserve forest.
At Badmal and Pathuria under the same panchayat, forest sleuths destroyed plants in over five acres of land worth Rs 12 crore. A case has been registered and further investigation is on to nab the cultivators.