<p class="bodytext">Luck ran out for a farmer as Excise Department officials of Chickmagalur and Shivamogga districts detected ganja plants being grown along with cotton in a half-acre land owned by Dhulu with the help of a drone camera on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chickmagaluru Deputy Commissioner of Excise Samuel and Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner of Excise Y R Mohan, acting on a tip off about ganja being grown in Marathi camp at Bayrapura village in Mutthinakoppa gram panchayat in Narasimharajapura taluk, decided to deploy a camera mounted drone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the very first attempt on using a drone, the excise officials tasted success and detected about two kg of ganja being grown in middle of cotton crop by the grower Dhulu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The value of the seized crop has been estimated over<br />Rs 15,000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dhulu was arrested and the case was entrusted to N R Pura zonal Excise Inspector A B Matapathy for a detailed investigation.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Luck ran out for a farmer as Excise Department officials of Chickmagalur and Shivamogga districts detected ganja plants being grown along with cotton in a half-acre land owned by Dhulu with the help of a drone camera on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chickmagaluru Deputy Commissioner of Excise Samuel and Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner of Excise Y R Mohan, acting on a tip off about ganja being grown in Marathi camp at Bayrapura village in Mutthinakoppa gram panchayat in Narasimharajapura taluk, decided to deploy a camera mounted drone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the very first attempt on using a drone, the excise officials tasted success and detected about two kg of ganja being grown in middle of cotton crop by the grower Dhulu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The value of the seized crop has been estimated over<br />Rs 15,000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dhulu was arrested and the case was entrusted to N R Pura zonal Excise Inspector A B Matapathy for a detailed investigation.</p>