Sepahijala District Police and partner agencies destroyed approximately 320,000 mature cannabis plants across 35 plots and about 65 acres of forest in Khedabari, Anandapur and Ghatigarh near Sonamura, Tripura, on 29 December 2025. The report estimated the crop's market value at INR64 million.
🇮🇳 Khedabari, Anandapur and Ghatigarh forest areas, Sonamura, Sepahijala, Tripura · India
On 29 December 2025, Sepahijala District Police carried out a joint operation with the Border Security Force, Tripura State Rifles, Forest Department and other agencies in forest areas around Khedabari, Anandapur and Ghatigarh under Sonamura Police Station.[1]
The operation destroyed 35 cultivation plots containing approximately 320,000 mature cannabis plants across about 65 acres, which the report converted to an estimated market value of INR64 million.[1]
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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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