720 kg of buried cannabis seized on Melaghar rubber plantation
A joint team of Melaghar police, Tripura State Rifles and the Special Task Force raided a Forest Department rubber plantation at Taibandal Gamai Chhara and dug up drums and packets of dry cannabis buried underground. The haul weighed 720 kilograms at Melaghar police station.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Melaghar police station personnel, the Tripura State Rifles and the Special Task Force raided the forest area of a Forest Department rubber plantation at Taibandal Gamai Chhara on 9 November 2025.[1][2]The team found large drums and packets buried underground which, on inspection, held dry cannabis.[1][2]
The seized cannabis was brought to Melaghar police station, where it was weighed at 720 kilograms.[1][2]Local people praised the police for the operation against the drug trade.[1][2]Neither outlet reported any arrest or named any suspect.[1][2]
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