Hyderabad man turns 3 BHK apartment into marijuana field, arrested

A 33-year-old man from Hyderabad turned his three bedroom apartment into a marijuana field. He was arrested by Task Force Sleuth yesterday with 8.6 kg of marijuana he cultivated there.
Former American President Richard M Nixon once said, "Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use." And we saw how a prankster altered the famous 'Hollywood' sign to Hollyweed to "honour marijuana" a couple of days ago. It is legal to possess and trade cannabis in many states in the US.
But in India, it is not.
A Hyderabadi youth, who seemed to have taken Nixon's words quite seriously, started cultivating the "herb" inside his 3 BHK apartment.
Syed Hussain, 33, was arrested by Task Force Sleuth on Monday and recovered dozens of saplings of ganja or cannabis from his flat.
The accused allegedly



started cultivating it inside his apartment to avoid troubles of transporting marijuana from agency areas of Visakhapatnam-Odisha border and other places.
Three months ago, Syed sought the help of his American friend Garith Christopher to cultivate ganja at home. Thanks to YouTube tutorial videos, he learnt the "in-house" cultivation technique of marijuana.
Syed arranged LED lights to substitute sun light and used air conditioners to maintain suitable temperature condition for the plant.
"As ganja plants emanate smell at the last stage of their growth, Syed also used different methods to kill the foul smell. We found flower pots with ganja saplings in various stages of growth from the flat," said Additional DCP Task Force N Koti Reddy.
Police seized 8.6 kg of ganja, 40 pots containing ganja plants and a two-wheeler besides Rs 32,200 from the accused.