Assam Rifles with Madhupur police destroyed about 100,000 cannabis plants on 20-25 acres of forest land at Sitakala Konaban on 14 January 2023, a crop the force valued at about Rs 95 lakh.
🇮🇳 Sitakala Konaban, Madhupur, Sepahijala district, Tripura · India
Assam Rifles and Tripura Police destroyed about 100,000 cannabis plants growing on 20-25 acres of forest land at Sitakala Konaban, near the India-Bangladesh border in Sepahijala district.[1][2]
Acting on its own information, the Agartala battalion launched the joint operation with Madhupur police on Saturday 14 January 2023.[1][2] The force valued the destroyed crop at about Rs 95 lakh.[1][2] Police said they were working to find the cultivators; the accounts name no arrests.[1]
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