Assam Rifles, Tripura Police Seize Medication Price Rs 6 Crore
Agartala: Assam Rifles, in coordination with police, carried out a joint operation and seized and destroyed ganja (marijuana) plantations price round Rs 6 crore in Tripura, officers stated on Thursday.
A defence spokesman stated that the para-military troops and Tripura Police personnel of their joint operation at Batadhala in Sepahijala district on Wednesday afternoon seized ganja (marijuana) price Rs 5.35 crore and destroyed 15,000 marijuana saplings valued at Rs 60 lakh.
The spokesman stated that performing on credible intelligence, the joint staff swiftly executed the operation, dealing a big blow to unlawful drug cultivation and smuggling networks within the space, which isn’t far-off from the India-Bangladesh border.
The seized marijuana was handed over to the police for additional authorized proceedings, whereas the illicit plantation was destroyed on-site to forestall its additional exploitation.
This profitable operation highlights Assam Rifles’ continued efforts in combating drug trafficking and sustaining regulation and order, an official assertion stated.
It stated that the Assam Rifles, in shut coordination with regulation enforcement businesses, stays dedicated to safeguarding the area from the menace of illicit medication.
A police official stated that they’re on the lookout for the marijuana cultivators.
In Tripura, unlawful marijuana and in Manipur poppy cultivation is going down in hill areas and these are being smuggled outdoors the area for making medication. Usually the safety forces destroyed the marijuana and poppy cultivations as a part of their efforts to curb the unlawful drug commerce.
Apart from, varied medication, particularly heroin and extremely addictive methamphetamine tablets are sometimes smuggled into the northeastern states of India from Myanmar, which shares a 1,643 km-long unfenced border with 4 northeastern states — Arunachal Pradesh (520 km), Manipur (398 km), Nagaland (215 km) and Mizoram (510 km).
