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The ongoing Yukthiya campaign arrested 822 suspects nationwide in a 24-hour period, with 60 placed under detention orders. Seizures included 273g heroin, 111g ice, and 426 narcotic pills. In a separate Yukthiya raid, Pallewela Police found a locally manufactured firearm in Pasyala. Jaffna Police raided a drug den in Kondavil, seizing 500g of Kerala Ganja, 100g heroin, and 6 narcotic pills. +
A joint operation by the Sri Lanka Navy, Army Military Intelligence Corps, and Nelliadi Police STF recovered over 84.6 kg of Kerala cannabis hidden in three sacks in shrubs near Wallipuram beach, Jaffna. The consignment comprised 40 packages with an estimated street value of Rs. 33 million. The haul was handed to Point Pedro Police for legal proceedings. +
News:2024-01-21/Enforcement/army-destroys-three-acre-cannabis-cultivation-in-the-heart-of-yala-park +
The Army carried out a special operation inside Yala National Park, destroying a three-acre cannabis cultivation and seizing 1,600 kg of processed cannabis. Three suspects were arrested. Villagers had been complaining that illegal cannabis cultivation inside the park was displacing elephants into nearby villages. Residents accused wildlife officers of failing to monitor the park, allowing cultivators to enter and farm freely. +
News:2024-02-25/Enforcement/parts-of-yala-at-risk-from-illicit-ganja-growers-poachers-and-bushmeat-trade +
Environmental activists report approximately 50–60 cannabis plantations operating within blocks 3–6 of Yala National Park, with around 200 acres destroyed by illegal activities. Police conducted 19 raids in recent months under the 'Yukthiya' campaign, deploying STF drones to detect cultivations. Wildlife officers reduced armed patrols after three were arrested over a poacher's death in November 2023, enabling a surge in illegal activity. Cannabis growers also engage in poaching using trap guns and wire snares, injuring elephants and leopards — over 20 elephants found with damaged trunks. +
News:2024-03-29/Enforcement/400-marijuana-plants-seized-on-cashew-plantation-in-battambang-province +
Police raided a remote cashew plantation in Svay Sar village, Traeng commune, Rotanak Mondol district, and discovered 400 fresh cannabis plants. The cultivator fled before police arrived. The Rotanak Mondol district police inspectorate is searching for the suspect. +
The Police Special Task Force used drone surveillance to locate and raid two cannabis plantations inside the Hambegamuwa Forest Reserve. The first plantation contained 187,857 plants; a 35-year-old suspect from Pinnawala was arrested. The second contained 6,725 plants. Twenty plants were retained as evidence for Hambegamuwa Police; the remainder were burned on-site. Total plants destroyed: 194,582. +
News:2024-07-16/Enforcement/bsf-and-jatrapur-police-destroy-15-000-ganja-saplings-at-nirbhoypur-named-cultivator-pursued +
On Tuesday 16 July 2024, a Border Security Force-led joint operation with the Forest Department and Jatrapur Police Station personnel destroyed approximately 15,000 cannabis saplings at Village Nirbhoypur under Jatrapur Police Station, Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. Officials estimated the destroyed material at approximately ₹7.5 lakh. Per a press release from FTR HQ BSF Tripura, intelligence input had identified the cultivator as Babul Mazumdar, an Indian national resident of Village Nirbhoypur, who had prepared a cannabis nursery at the back of his house. Legal action by the Forest Department and Jatrapur Police Station was being taken against the landowner. +
News:2024-07-24/Enforcement/two-farmers-detained-over-767-marijuana-plants-in-sesan-district-stung-treng +
Stung Treng provincial anti-drug bureau and Sesan district police raided two cannabis cultivation sites in Nheun village, Sdao commune, after a tip-off via the NoDrug app. At the first location, 255 plants were destroyed and a man and woman were arrested. At the second location, 512 plants were destroyed but owners escaped. The Stung Treng Provincial Court charged the two suspects with illegal cultivation under Article 38 of the Law on Drug Control, placing them in pre-trial detention. They face six months to two years imprisonment and fines of 1–4 million riel ($245–$975). NACD Secretary General Meas Vyrith reported 5,656 drug cases and 13,955 arrests in H1 2024, with over 5 tonnes of drugs seized. +
News:2024-07-29/Enforcement/bsf-and-jatrapur-police-destroy-50-000-ganja-plants-at-neuramura-south-taiban-near-bop-salpokar +
On Monday 29 July 2024, a Border Security Force-led joint operation with Jatrapur Police Station personnel and the Forest Department destroyed approximately 50,000 cannabis plants on approximately half a hectare of land at Village Neuramura South Taiban, in the depth area of Border Out Post (BOP) Salpokar under Jatrapur Police Station, Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. The operation followed specific intelligence input. Plants were destroyed by cutting and uprooting. Legal action by the concerned departments was being taken against the landowner. +
News:2024-07-30/Enforcement/kalamchoura-police-destroys-3-lakh-ganja-plants-at-manikyanagar-in-3-day-sonamura-operation +
On Tuesday 30 July 2024, Kalamchoura Police Station personnel in joint operation with Tripura State Rifles and the Excise Department destroyed approximately 300,000 immature cannabis plants on government forest land in the Manikyanagar area of Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. The operation was the third day of a coordinated three-day crackdown on illegal cannabis cultivation in the Boxanagar-Manikyanagar belt. The 30 July destruction was led by Kalamchoura Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nadu Gopal Deb with Inspector Saikat Das, Sub-Inspector Biswajit Debbarma, Sub-Inspector Shanti Tripura and Tripura State Rifles personnel. +
Thanjavur Police arrested three suspects attempting to smuggle 330 kg of cannabis from Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) to Sri Lanka via sea from Sethubavachatram in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. The operation was organized by a Thanjavur-based buyer who sourced the cannabis from Vizag and planned to use FRP boats for the sea crossing. The smugglers used a lorry with swappable number plates — a Karnataka plate for the Andhra Pradesh border crossing, switched to a Tamil Nadu plate upon entering the state. Three FRP boats, a lorry, and a car were seized. A fourth suspect remains at large. +
On Wednesday 4 December 2024, a joint Border Security Force, Tripura Police and Forest Department operation destroyed approximately 75,000 cannabis saplings in a dense forest area near Nauramura village in Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. The team uprooted and destroyed mature plants on the spot as part of an anti-narcotics drive against illegal cannabis cultivation in the state. +
News:2024-12-09/Enforcement/joint-forces-destroy-32-000-ganja-saplings-at-monaipathar-bilonia-south-tripura +
A joint Border Security Force, local police and Forest Department operation in early December 2024 destroyed approximately 32,000 cannabis saplings in a forested area near Monaipathar village under PR Bari Police Station area in Bilonia sub-division, South Tripura district. The operation targeted remote forest terrain. Reported by Northeast Today on 9 December 2024. +
News:2024-12-13/Enforcement/army-assists-police-in-major-cannabis-eradication-operation-in-thanamalwila +
Sri Lanka Army Intelligence, Thanamalwila Police, and local Army personnel raided cannabis plantations across three locations in the Unakanda, Hambegamuwa area. A total of 63,992 plants were destroyed across 2.25 acres: 58,320 plants on 1.5 acres, 3,722 plants on 0.5 acres, and 1,950 plants on 0.25 acres. All cultivations were burned on-site. +
News:2024-12-26/Enforcement/drone-led-operation-destroys-1-lakh-ganja-plants-on-30-acres-at-manikyanagar-and-beluarchar +
On Thursday 26 December 2024, Kalamchoura Police, in joint operation with Tripura State Rifles, destroyed at least 100,000 mature cannabis plants in two locations at Manikyanagar and Beluarchar in Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. The cultivation, identified through anti-narcotics drone camera tracking across approximately 30 acres of forest land in six plots, was uprooted and destroyed on the spot. The operation was led by Kalamchoura Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nadu Gopal Deb. He told reporters the cannabis was at mature stage and capable of producing large supply quantities, and that timely operations had completely destroyed the cultivation. +
News:2025-01-09/Enforcement/assam-rifles-destroy-16-500-ganja-plants-on-16-2-hectares-at-boxanagar-forest-range +
On Thursday 9 January 2025, an Assam Rifles-led joint operation with Tripura Police and the Tripura Forest Service destroyed approximately 16,500 cannabis plants spread across 16.2 hectares in the Boxanagar Forest Range under Anandnagar Police Station area, Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. Officials estimated the destroyed material at approximately ₹70 lakh. +
Personnel of the Northwestern Naval Command recovered approximately 90 kg (wet weight) of Kerala cannabis adrift in the sea area of Kappaladi, Kalpitiya. Inshore Patrol Craft detected three polythene sacks containing 30 parcels of Kerala cannabis floating in the water. The consignment is believed to have been abandoned by smugglers unable to complete the delivery due to naval patrols. +
News:2025-01-11/Enforcement/assam-rifles-destroy-75-000-ganja-plants-on-100-acres-at-dhanirampur-sonamura +
In the early hours of Saturday 11 January 2025, an Assam Rifles-led joint operation with Tripura Police and the Tripura Forest Service destroyed approximately 75,000 cannabis plants spread across 100 acres in the Dhanirampur area under Sonamura Police Station, Boxanagar Forest Range, Sepahijala district. Officials estimated the destroyed material at approximately ₹2.9 crore. +
News:2025-01-20/Trafficking/108-kg-460-grams-of-kerala-ganja-taken-into-police-custody-in-pallikuda-area +
Officers of the Jaffna Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau arrested four suspects with 108.46 kg of Kerala Ganja in the Pallikuda area. Two suspects arriving by boat at Mandativu coast were intercepted at 9:10 am; information extracted from them led to a raid on a stash house in Pallikuda where the cannabis was seized. The four suspects were residents of Pooneryn, Mannar, Jaffna, and Mallavi, aged 35–41. +
News:2025-01-30/Enforcement/kalamchoura-police-and-bsf-destroy-95-500-ganja-plants-across-four-localities-of-sonamura +
On Thursday 30 January 2025, a joint operation by the Border Security Force, Tripura Police, Tripura State Rifles and Forest Department officials destroyed approximately 95,500 mature cannabis plants in the general area of Woangcherra, Harihardola, Uttar Manaipathar and South Kalamchoura in Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. Officials estimated the destroyed crop at approximately ₹1.43 crore. The South Kalamchoura portion of the day's operation, conducted from 8:00 am to 11:00 am, destroyed approximately 40,000 mature cannabis plants across four plots covering 15 acres at South Kalamchoura Baidar Dongo, Artaki Mora and Hasher Dongo, and resulted in arrests of several cannabis cultivators at the scene. The South Kalamchoura sub-operation was led by Kalamchoura Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nadu Gopal Deb with Sub-Inspector Biswajit Debbarma and Inspector Bijendra Singh of the 49 Battalion BSF. Officials told reporters that the cannabis was at mature stage and capable of supplying large quantities of drugs, and that the eradication problem could not be resolved by legal measures alone but required social awareness and community engagement. +