Twin drives destroy 8 lakh cannabis plants in Sepahijala
Police, forest officials, TSR and CRPF teams destroyed about 8 lakh premature cannabis plants in coordinated drives at North Kalamchoura and Bangshibari in Sepahijala district on 2 December 2025. Officers cleared 48 plots in the Kalamchoura forests and about 70 plots near Bangshibari.
🇮🇳 North Kalamchoura and Bangshibari, Sepahijala district · India
Police, forest officials and paramilitary forces destroyed about 8 lakh premature cannabis plants in coordinated operations at Kalamchoura and Bangshibari in Sepahijala district on 2 December 2025.[1]
From 7 am to 2 pm, the officer in charge of Kalamchoura police station led station staff, TSR men and women personnel, CRPF and forest officials through the North Kalamchoura gram panchayat, Pasania and Takkamura Tila forest areas.[1]That team uprooted about 5.5 lakh premature plants across 48 plots.[1]
At the same time, from 7 am to 11 am, the officer in charge of Bishalgarh police station led a second team through Raghunandan Para and Jagatrambari under the Bangshibari council area.[1]That team destroyed about 3 lakh premature plants across roughly 70 plots.[1]
The account presents the two drives as part of ongoing joint measures against cannabis cultivation and trafficking in the state.[1]It names no growers, and no arrests were reported.[1]
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Officers uproot cannabis plants during the Sepahijala operation.Photo details
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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.
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