Assam Rifles destroy 145,000 cannabis saplings in Boxanagar
Assam Rifles, the Sepahijala district police, Tripura State Rifles and the Forest Department destroyed approximately 145,000 cannabis saplings across more than 58 acres in Boxanagar on 28 January 2026. Officials estimated the destroyed crop at INR145 million.
On 28 January 2026, Assam Rifles carried out an anti-narcotics operation in the Boxanagar area of Sepahijala district, about 41 kilometres south of Agartala, in coordination with the district police, Tripura State Rifles and the Forest Department.[1][2]The teams destroyed approximately 145,000 cannabis saplings cultivated across more than 58 acres, or roughly 23.47 hectares.[1][2]
Northeast Herald reported that officials estimated the destroyed crop at about ₹14.5 crore.[1]NorthEast Now said the destruction followed intelligence inputs, was conducted in the presence of civil administration and police representatives, and resulted in no arrests.[2]
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NorthEast Now describes the operation as occurring on Tuesday without giving a calendar date; Northeast Herald explicitly dates it to Wednesday 28 January 2026, which this report uses.
No arrests were made during the operation, according to NorthEast Now; further investigation was reported as ongoing.
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Police destroyed 467 cannabis plants growing in a villager's house compound at Binayipur in Nabarangpur district, Odisha, and arrested him. The Nabarangpur police registered a case under the NDPS Act, and a sub-divisional police officer gave the account of the raid to reporters.
Sepahijala superintendent of police Bijoy Debbarma said joint police, Tripura State Rifles and BSF teams destroyed at least 1.5 crore ganja plants in Sonamura subdivision over the past year, causing an estimated Rs 1,000 crore loss to the illegal trade. He said the crackdown lay behind a 2 November attack on a BSF team at Ashabari, after which police have arrested 21 people.
Koraput district police and excise teams destroyed 30,000 cannabis plants in joint raids, 12,000 of them at Atal Guda in the Boipariguda block and 18,000 in the Nandapur block, the district superintendent of police said. Koraput police said the Nandapur destruction covered about nine acres of hilly land near Kasandi and Dabuguda.
