A joint team of Jatrapur police and the 81st Battalion of the BSF arrested a woman named Safura Khatun.[1] Officers detained Khatun at the scene of the raid.[1] Jatrapur officer-in-charge Parthanath Bhowmik said she would be produced before the Sonamura court on Wednesday.[1]

The team seized 45 kg 900 g, or 45.9 kg, of dried cannabis in the operation.[1] The raided house is under Boranarayan gram panchayat, a village-council area, in the Jatrapur police station area.[1] Officers recovered the dried cannabis from the house after a prolonged search.[1] The joint force entered the house late at night.[1] It took until sunrise to finish the overnight operation and bring the detained woman to the police station.[1]

Police said the raid followed information from a secret source.[1] Bhowmik led the operation with Sub-Inspector Bijay Chakraborty, other police officers, TSR personnel and women police officers.[1]