Joint team destroys about 800,000 cannabis saplings in Sepahijala
Sonamura police and partner agencies destroyed about 800,000 cannabis saplings in 27 seed beds across Dhanirampur, Bijoynagar and Batadola in Sepahijala on 12 August 2026, along with 20 kg of seeds and 200 kg of dried leaves.
🇮🇳 Dhanirampur, Bijoynagar and Batadola, Sonamura, Sepahijala, Tripura · India
On 12 August 2026, a joint team working under Sonamura police searched forest land at Dhanirampur ADC village, Bijoynagar ADC village and Batadola in Sepahijala district.[1][2]The operation included Sonamura police, the 81st Battalion of the Border Security Force, the 11th Battalion of the Tripura State Rifles and forest officials.[1]
The team found about 27 cannabis seed beds and destroyed approximately 800,000 saplings on site after completing the stated legal formalities.[1][2]NewsEyes says the plants were spread across the 27 plots and that no arrest was made.[2]
The operation also destroyed about 20 kilograms of cannabis seeds and 200 kilograms of dried cannabis leaves.[1][2]
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Joint personnel standing in the cannabis-growing area, pictured with the Sepahijala report.Photo details
Police in Udaipur district uprooted and seized 779.79 kg of green ganja plants grown illegally in the hills at Khara Kupiya, Mandwa. Three NDPS cases were registered at Mandwa police station against three residents and investigation began.
Police destroyed 467 cannabis plants growing in a villager's house compound at Binayipur in Nabarangpur district, Odisha, and arrested him. The Nabarangpur police registered a case under the NDPS Act, and a sub-divisional police officer gave the account of the raid to reporters.
Sepahijala superintendent of police Bijoy Debbarma said joint police, Tripura State Rifles and BSF teams destroyed at least 1.5 crore ganja plants in Sonamura subdivision over the past year, causing an estimated Rs 1,000 crore loss to the illegal trade. He said the crackdown lay behind a 2 November attack on a BSF team at Ashabari, after which police have arrested 21 people.
Koraput district police and excise teams destroyed 30,000 cannabis plants in joint raids, 12,000 of them at Atal Guda in the Boipariguda block and 18,000 in the Nandapur block, the district superintendent of police said. Koraput police said the Nandapur destruction covered about nine acres of hilly land near Kasandi and Dabuguda.
