Assam Rifles destroy 175,000 cannabis saplings in Boxanagar
Assam Rifles and the Forest Department destroyed approximately 175,000 cannabis saplings spread across nearly 50 acres in Boxanagar, Tripura; officials estimated the crop's market value at ₹25.72 crore. Neither opened account gives a separate operation date, so this report uses the 4 February 2026 Northeast Today publication date.
Northeast Today reported on 4 February 2026 that Assam Rifles conducted an operation against illicit cannabis cultivation in the Boxanagar area of Tripura, jointly with the Forest Department, Agartala.[1]The account says the team identified and destroyed approximately 175,000 cannabis saplings spread across nearly 50 acres.[1]
Sentinel Assam independently reported the same figures and said officials estimated the destroyed crop’s market value at approximately ₹25.72 crore.[2]The two accounts describe the activity as a coordinated Assam Rifles–Forest Department eradication operation in Boxanagar.[1][2]
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Security personnel work among cannabis plants in the Boxanagar cultivation areaPhoto details
Police in Udaipur district uprooted and seized 779.79 kg of green ganja plants grown illegally in the hills at Khara Kupiya, Mandwa. Three NDPS cases were registered at Mandwa police station against three residents and investigation began.
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.
