Police burn about 7,300 cannabis plants in Attappady forest
On 24 September 2026 Palakkad police burned about 7,300 cannabis plants in forest between Ponnakkal Mala and Ankanyan Chola in Pudur panchayat, Attappady. About 1,600 were young plants in 160 beds and about 5,700 were fully grown in 475 beds. Pudur police registered two cases and named no one arrested.
Police burned about 7,300 cannabis plants on Thursday 24 September 2026 in forest between Ponnakkal Mala and Ankanyan Chola, in Pudur panchayat, Attappady, Palakkad.[1]The District Anti-Narcotics Special Action Force and a team led by Agali sub-inspector Harshad set out at about 4.30 a.m. after a tip-off and walked for hours through steep ground.[1]Asianet Newsable described the walk as more than seven hours.[2]
About 1,600 plants, around a month and a half old, stood in 160 prepared beds between the two ridges.[1][2]About 5,700 fully grown plants stood in 475 beds on the eastern side of Ponnakkal Mala.[1][2]Police said the growers had stored stream water and used drip irrigation, and that the plants were burned where they stood.[1][2]
Pudur police registered two cases and began an inquiry to identify who had planted the crop.[1]Neither report names an arrest.[1][2]
Photos and video
A split frame published with the Attappady report shows leafy plants beside a path and a uniformed person crouched among tall plants.Photo details
Deccan Chronicle spells the second ridge Ankanyan Chola. Asianet Newsable spells it Anganyan Chola. This report follows the PTI wording in Deccan Chronicle.
The map marks Agali in Attappady. Pudur and Ponnakkal Mala were not given a separate point in the geographic sources checked.
Deccan Chronicle says another large plantation was found in Attappady on 20 September. That is a different event.
Deccan Chronicle labels its own page image a representational picture of cannabis, so it is not listed.
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