1,731 plants burnt in Nellore's Operation Trishul raid
Kavali police and the Armed Reserve raided maize fields at Duttalur village on 15 October 2026 under Operation Trishul, destroying 1,731 ganja plants on 9.5 acres. Six people were arrested.
🇮🇳 Duttalur village, Nellore · India
- Arrested
- 6
- Plants destroyed
- 1,731
- Hectares
- 3.8
Acting on a tip-off, Kavali sub-division police with an Armed Reserve party
raided Duttalur village in Nellore district and destroyed ganja being grown in
maize fields.[1] Under Operation Trishul, the team destroyed 1,731 plants
across 9.5 acres in the presence of Duttalur Tahsildar Nagaraju, district
superintendent Ajitha Vajendla said.[1]
Six people were arrested in connection with the cultivation; the reports do
not name them.[1]
Sources
- Police destroy ganja cultivation, six held in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The Hindu, 16 October 2026. Archived copy.