Kotwali police officers chased several alleged ganja traders in Patchhara village during a raid on illegal cannabis cultivation.[1] During the raid, the officers tried to catch and detain the people they were pursuing through the village.[1] After the police caught them, the accused were seen pleading with the officers.[1]

The operation in Patchhara village in Cooch Behar-I block was launched on allegations of illegal ganja cultivation.[1] Kotwali police station led the operation and was identified as the agency behind both the raid and the subsequent destruction.[1] During the same operation, police destroyed the alleged illegal ganja cultivation found in the village.[1]

Patchhara was named as the only site of the action, within Block Number One of Cooch Behar.[1] The enforcement action concerned cannabis grown in the village as a crop, which the report calls ganja.[1] No formal arrest total was confirmed in the account, which describes only a chase, a catch and pleading by the accused.[1]