Tripura forces destroy 180,000 cannabis plants across 41 plots
A joint operation in Sonamura subdivision destroyed approximately 180,000 cannabis plants in 41 plots across nearly 65 acres of forest land on 29 January 2026. The participating agencies and reports' estimated crop value of INR270 million were independently reported.
🇮🇳 Kamalnagar, Krishnadola, Dulunga and Bijoy Nagar forest areas, Sonamura subdivision, Sepahijala, Tripura · India
On 29 January 2026, India Today NE reported that Assam Rifles carried out two coordinated anti-narcotics operations in Tripura, including one near Kamalnagar and Bijoy Nagar in Sepahijala district valued at ₹27 crore.[1]Hindustan Times identified the same operation as a joint raid in the forest areas of Kamalanagar, Krishnadola, Dulunga and Bijoy Nagar, from 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., during which personnel destroyed 41 plantation plots and approximately 180,000 cannabis plants across nearly 65 acres.[2]
The operation involved Sonamura Police Station, the 81st Battalion BSF, the 5th, 9th, 11th and 14th TSR battalions, the 14th Battalion Women TSR, the 35th Battalion Assam Rifles and other security agencies.[2]Sentinel Assam separately reported the Kamalnagar–Bijoynagar destruction and the estimated ₹27-crore value, with participation from Sepahijala police, the Forest Department, BSF and TSR.[3]
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Source: India Today NEAssam Rifles personnel stand among uprooted cannabis plants after the plantation-clearing operationPhoto 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.
