Raikia Police, the Phulbani Excise Department and Forest Department teams destroyed more than 100,000 cannabis plants across a 25-acre forest plantation in Naudimahao, Kandhamal, Odisha, in December 2025. The reported crop value was about INR20 million.
🇮🇳 Naudimahao forest, Raikia block, Kandhamal, Odisha · India
In December 2025, Raikia Police Station officer Ashutosh Paik led an anti-cannabis operation with the Phulbani Excise Department and Forest Department in the Naudimahao forest area of Raikia block, Kandhamal district.[1]
The teams uprooted more than 100,000 cannabis plants across a 25-acre plantation, and the report estimated the destroyed crop at about INR20 million.[1]
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