The Border Security Force, working with Tripura Police and forest officials, destroyed about 65,000 mature ganja plants spread over 10 hectares near Gilamura village on 13 November 2024.[1][2] Acting on specific information about cultivation in the forest area of the village under Sonamura police station in Sepahijala district, the joint team cut, uprooted and burned the mature crop.[1][2] The BSF said it was working with sister agencies toward a drug-free society.[1]
BSF destroys 65,000 cannabis plants on 10 hectares in Tripura
The Border Security Force with Tripura Police and forest officials cut, uprooted and burned about 65,000 mature cannabis plants across 10 hectares of forest near Gilamura village, Sonamura, on 13 November 2024.
🇮🇳 Gilamura village, Sonamura, Sepahijala district, Tripura · India
- Plants destroyed
- 65,000
- Area
- 10 ha
- Agency
- BSF
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
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Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Plants destroyed
- 65,000
- Area
- 10 ha
- Agency type
- Border guard, Police, Other
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Setting
- Forest or wild land
- Grown
- Outdoor
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- Webindia123news.webindia123.comTripura BSF destroys illegal cannabis cultivation spread over 10 hectares of land in a joint operation
- Devdiscoursedevdiscourse.comBSF and Authorities Uproot Cannabis Cultivation and Apprehend Intruders in Tripura
Open questions the AI reported
- No arrests or seizures of processed cannabis were reported.
- No official value for the destroyed crop was published.
- The same BSF release reports five Bangladeshi nationals detained on 3 November, a separate matter left out here.
