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News:2026-02-03/Policy/tripura-cannabis-cultivation-in-hills-reflects-failed-development-policy-says-senior-journalist +
A 3 February 2026 analysis by Tripurainfo.com Senior Journalist and Editor Jayanta Debnath argued that growing cannabis cultivation in Tripura's hill regions reflects a failure of state and central development policy in tribal and non-tribal villages, with horticulture and agricultural support funds not reaching intended beneficiaries. The piece reported a retired senior police officer's recollection of a detailed cannabis-cultivation report submitted in the late 1990s on interior areas including Pecharthal and Bishalgarh, with proposals for high-yield alternative farming that were not pursued. Debnath wrote that during recent ground visits to plantation sites and interactions with cultivators and police personnel, he found that most cultivators were poor villagers without viable alternative livelihoods rather than hardened criminals, and that destruction drives without rehabilitation drove cultivators back to the trade. The article concluded with a recommendation that the state either legalise cannabis cultivation or create genuine alternative livelihoods. +
News:2026-02-05/Enforcement/sonamura-police-destroys-90-000-ganja-plants-worth-13-5-crore-at-mainama-aralia-paoramura +
On Thursday 5 February 2026, a Sonamura Police Station-led joint operation destroyed approximately 90,000 mature cannabis plants across 25 plots in the Mainama, Aralia and Paoramura forest areas of Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district, covering around 32 acres. The operation began at 9:00 am. Officials estimated the destroyed material at approximately ₹13.5 crore. Personnel from Sonamura Police Station, the 81 Battalion BSF, the 5th, 9th, 11th and 14th Battalions of the Tripura State Rifles, the 14th Battalion Women TSR, the 35 Battalion Assam Rifles and Sonamura Forest Division participated. The operation was led by Sonamura Police Station Officer-in-Charge Inspector Tapas Das. +
News:2026-02-12/Enforcement/pdea-army-destroy-18-2m-marijuana-plantations-in-kalingalan-caluang-sulu-seize-six-high-powered-firearms +
A joint law enforcement operation on the afternoon of 12 February 2026 destroyed two cannabis plantations in Barangays Pitogo and Masjid Punjungan, Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu. Authorities uprooted and burned approximately 21,200 fully grown plants across roughly two hectares, with three sacks of dried cannabis leaves also seized. The combined value was reported at ₱18.232 million. Six high-powered firearms, including four M-16 rifles, one M-14 rifle, and a Garand rifle, together with ammunition, were recovered from a makeshift shelter on the farm. The operation was led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 9 under Director Bryan Bating and drew in nine or more supporting units across the Philippine Army, Marines, Special Action Force, and Sulu police. It was acted on reports from Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan Jr. and local leaders. The alleged cultivator, identified only by the alias "Mods," and his associates evaded arrest and were being pursued. Brig. Gen. Alaric Avelino Delos Santos of the Army's 1102nd Infantry Brigade described the plantations as evidence of an "organized and well-established illegal cultivation operation" in remote, difficult terrain. +
News:2026-02-14/Policy/special-operation-launched-to-eliminate-drugs-and-illicit-liquor-in-uva-province +
Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasuriya inaugurated a special enforcement programme at Thanamalwila Police Station targeting cannabis, other narcotics and illicit liquor across Uva Province. The launch was attended by senior police officers for Uva, Badulla and Monaragala, the Thanamalwila Divisional Secretary, the District Medical Officer, school principals and community committee representatives. The Police framed the programme as a youth-protection initiative. +
News:2026-02-15/Enforcement/sonamura-police-destroys-80-000-ganja-plants-on-30-plots-at-kamalanagar-krishna-dola-ghatigarh +
On Sunday 15 February 2026, a Sonamura Police Station-led joint operation destroyed approximately 80,000 mature cannabis plants across 30 plots in the Kamalanagar, Krishna Dola and Ghatigarh forest areas of Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district, covering around 30 acres. The operation began at 7:00 am. Officials estimated the destroyed material at approximately ₹12 crore. Personnel from Sonamura Police Station, the 81 Battalion BSF, the 5th, 9th, 11th and 14th Battalions of the Tripura State Rifles, the 14th Battalion Women TSR, the 35 Battalion Assam Rifles and the Sonamura Forest Division participated. +
Aceh Regional Police arrested a 58-year-old farmer from Central Aceh on 15 February 2026 carrying around 50 kg of cannabis at a traffic stop in Kulu village, Kuta Blang district, Bireuen regency. The suspect, identified as AW, said he had collected the consignment from a contact in Beutong Ateuh in Nagan Raya regency on the west coast and was heading to deliver it to a contact in Geudong village, Geureudong Pase district, Aceh Utara. The receiving contact escaped before police arrived. Aceh Police Chief Marzuki Ali Basyah cited the operation as part of his standing direction to clear cannabis trafficking from the province. +
News:2026-02-19/Policy/tripura-faces-drug-siege-as-some-leaders-allegedly-oppose-cannabis-destruction-drives +
A 19 February 2026 analysis by Tripura Info correspondent Jayanta Debnath reported that ganja fields and other contraband had spread across districts, subdivisions and block-level areas of Tripura, with hardly any subdivision now untouched by cannabis cultivation or seizures. The article alleged that beyond a handful of ministers and legislators, political leaders from both ruling and opposition camps had not been vocal against the expanding narcotics network, and that in some cases certain leaders had opposed police-led ganja destruction drives in their areas and mobilised local residents against operations. It further reported that police lack adequate storage for seized ganja and routinely burn contraband in the fields, drawing environmental concerns about smoke and air pollution. The piece referenced multiple recent cannabis operations including drives at Sonamura, Sidhai, Melaghar and Rangamatia, alongside a State Level Drug Disposal Committee disposal of narcotics linked to 175 cases at Bodhjungnagar Industrial Area. +
News:2026-02-20/Policy/cordillera-police-chief-flags-syndicate-involvement-in-marijuana-cultivation-seizures-nearly-triple-year-on-ye +
In a press briefing at La Trinidad on 20 February 2026, Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO CAR) director Brig. Gen. Ericson Dilag said the proliferation of cannabis plantations in the region likely involves multiple syndicates operating with outside financiers who provide capital and purchase the finished product. PRO CAR reported ₱364 million worth of cannabis seized between 1 January and 18 February 2026, nearly triple the ₱123 million seized over the same period in 2025. Dilag said cultivation clusters spanned all six CAR provinces, with processed output typically converted into brick or tubular form for transport to the lowlands, and with the La Union–Ilocos–Benguet tri-boundary serving as a principal exit route, including on foot. Wholesale prices were given as approximately ₱10,000 per kilogram in the region, rising to ₱25,000 per kilogram in other parts of the Philippines. Dilag said police had no information on whether product was being exported. Enforcement has yielded only five arrests over the past year for cultivation and transport. Dilag attributed low arrest rates to the persistence of growers, foliage cover obscuring plots from the air, and remote terrain requiring six-to-eight-hour hikes to access sites. +
News:2026-02-20/Policy/cordillera-police-deploy-49-operator-squadrone-drone-unit-as-2026-seizures-nearly-triple-year-on-year +
At a press briefing on 20 February 2026, Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO CAR) director Brig. Gen. Ericson Dilag reported that ₱364 million worth of cannabis was seized in the region between 1 January and 18 February 2026, across 182 operations. The haul comprised approximately 1.07 million grams of dried leaves, 1.22 million plants, and 35,800 seedlings. For comparison, 130 operations over the same six-week window in 2025 yielded ₱123 million worth of cannabis. Dilag attributed the increase to expanded aerial surveillance, and disclosed that PRO CAR deployed a dedicated 49-operator drone unit in the fourth quarter of 2025. The unit, named the Smart Quadrotor Unit for Advanced Deployment, Detection, Reconnaissance, Observation, and Networked Enforcement (SQUADRONE), was created to locate cultivation sites hidden under dense forest canopy that had previously required hours of foot patrols to reach. +
News:2026-02-25/Enforcement/police-uproot-18-2-tonnes-of-marijuana-valued-at-fj-241m-in-2025-crackdown +
Speaking at the National Talanoa Session on illicit drugs, Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu reported that nine phases of Operation Sasamaki between March and December 2025 destroyed 18.2 tonnes of cannabis with an estimated street value of FJ$241 million. Authorities arrested 1,239 people, mostly for possession and cultivation offences, and seized 11.1 kg of methamphetamine and cocaine valued at nearly FJ$7 million. Operations were concentrated in Navosa, Kadavu and parts of the Northern Division. Nearly 700 personnel were deployed and drones were used to identify remote plantations. Since January 2026, police have registered 155 cannabis-related cases. +
News:2026-02-25/Policy/benguet-police-launch-oplan-ultimate-grass-cutter-targeting-marijuana-cultivation +
The Benguet Provincial Police Office announced implementation of "Oplan Ultimate Grass Cutter" on 25 February 2026, a provincial campaign against cannabis cultivation structured around parallel "soft" and "hard" approaches. The hard approach covers eradication, arrest, and prosecution; the soft approach includes revitalised barangay tanod policing, community lectures, CSR activities, and livelihood and education interventions delivered with other government agencies. Initial implementation covers five barangays across three towns: three in Kibungan, one in Bakun, and one in Kapangan. Preparatory anti-drug summits were held in Kibungan, Kapangan, Bakun, Buguias, and Mankayan. Provincial director Col. Lambert Suerte plans to run the programme for at least a year before assessing results, including the possibility of filing charges against barangay officials in jurisdictions repeatedly subject to eradication. According to Benguet PPO spokesperson Maj. Edwin Sergio, the office seized or destroyed 315,693 fully grown plants and seedlings between 16 January and 26 February 2026. Sergio framed the programme as an effort to "erase" Benguet's identity as a source of cannabis. +
News:2026-02-28/Enforcement/hashish-oil-kingpin-and-5-associates-arrested-after-island-lab-raid-in-koraput +
Koraput district police dismantled a clandestine hashish oil extraction unit hidden on a remote island inside Jolaput reservoir, arresting six members of an inter-state syndicate including the alleged Kerala-based kingpin Allen Jayaraj (33). The amphibious operation, launched on Feb 26, seized 1,800.5 litres of hashish oil valued at Rs 225 crore and 1,000 kg of raw ganja worth Rs 5 crore. A sophisticated improvised lab using a 28KV generator, modified pressure cookers, and chemical solvents was recovered. The lab had been operational for approximately 15 days, set up by Jayaraj who leveraged local contacts in the ganja trade along the Odisha–Andhra Pradesh border. +
News:2026-02-28/Enforcement/pro-1-destroys-88m-worth-of-marijuana-across-191-ilocos-operations-in-february-2026 +
Police Regional Office 1 reported 191 anti-illegal drug operations conducted across the Ilocos region during February 2026, with combined seizures valued at ₱94.2 million and 203 suspects arrested. Cannabis eradication accounted for ₱88 million of the total, comprising 388,072 fully grown plants, 111,100 seedlings, 31 kilograms of stalks, and 20 kilograms of fruiting tops. Separate parallel operations yielded 849.44 grams of shabu, 101.21 grams of dried cannabis, 18 grams of kush, and 4 millilitres of cannabis liquid. PRO 1 information office chief Maj. Divina Albino said the bulk of operations were conducted in Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur provinces. PRO 1 Director Brig. Gen. Dindo Reyes framed the activity as alignment with national-government direction to further intensify drug enforcement at the barangay level. +
Buttala Police raided a well-maintained cannabis plantation in the Wandama area of Yala National Park, seizing approximately 13,500 plants valued at over 5 million rupees. Officers also recovered a locally manufactured firearm from the suspect, a resident of the Kuda Oya area, who is to be produced before Wellawaya Magistrate's Court. All confiscated plants were destroyed by fire. +
News:2026-03-03/Enforcement/army-pdea-destroy-two-marijuana-plantations-worth-10-3m-in-kalingalan-caluang-sulu +
Joint operatives of the Philippine Army's 1102nd Infantry Brigade, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Sulu office, and police destroyed two cannabis plantations in Barangay Masjid Punjungan, Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu on 3 March 2026. The first site covered approximately 1,000 square metres with 5,500 fully grown plants; the second covered 2,000 square metres with 6,000 plants, for a combined 11,500 plants across 3,000 square metres with a reported value of ₱10.35 million. Plants were uprooted and burned on site. The PDEA is investigating to identify the cultivators. Brig. Gen. Alaric Avelino Delos Santos, commander of the 1102nd Infantry Brigade, credited inter-agency collaboration. The article notes this was the second destruction in Kalingalan Caluang in 2026; an earlier operation on 13 February 2026 destroyed plantations valued at ₱18.2 million in barangays Masjid Punjungan and Pitogo. +
News:2026-03-07/Trafficking/customs-and-pdea-seize-800-kg-thailand-origin-marijuana-worth-1-2b-at-manila-international-container-port +
Bureau of Customs officers, working with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine Coast Guard, seized approximately 800 kilograms of vacuum-sealed cannabis at the Manila International Container Port on 7 March 2026. The material, reported at ₱1.2 billion at standard drug price, was concealed across 80 boxes within a shipment declared as containing rubber mats and plastic wares. The container had arrived from Thailand. An individual identifying himself as the broker's representative was apprehended during the examination. The shipment had been flagged by the BOC Intelligence Group's Risk Management Office and subjected to a 100 percent physical examination. BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno attributed the interdiction to risk assessment, intelligence coordination, and frontline inspection. The seized cannabis was formally turned over to PDEA for disposal. +
News:2026-03-09/Enforcement/suspect-arrested-in-raid-on-two-acre-cannabis-cultivation-in-kebilihtha-reserve +
Officers of Athimale Police Station and the Police Narcotics Bureau raided a two-acre cannabis cultivation in the Kotiyagala Reserve area on the morning of 9 March 2026, destroying 55,220 plants of approximately six feet in height by burning. A 34-year-old resident of Embilipitiya was taken into custody. +
News:2026-03-15/Enforcement/cordillera-police-destroy-89-240-marijuana-plants-in-33-operations-9-15-march-15-arrested-in-parallel-drug-ops +
The Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO CAR), working with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, reported 33 cannabis eradication operations across the region between 9 and 15 March 2026. Officers uprooted 87,740 fully grown plants, 1,500 seedlings, and 146.72 kilograms of dried leaves and fruiting tops. Combined with parallel drug operations the same week — eight buy-bust operations, two police response operations, and one warrant service — the total seized material was valued at ₱43,695,200. Fifteen individuals were arrested during the buy-bust and response operations, six classified as "high-value" and nine as "street-level," in Benguet, Kalinga, and Baguio City. No arrests were reported from the 33 eradication operations. Fourteen grams of shabu were also seized. +
News:2026-03-16/Policy/tripura-government-tells-assembly-12-479-98-hectares-of-cannabis-destroyed-in-three-years +
In a written reply to the Tripura Legislative Assembly on Monday 16 March 2026, in response to questions raised by MLAs Ranjit Debbarma, Nirmal Biswas, Sudip Sarkar, Nayan Sarkar and Leader of Opposition Jiten Chowdhury, Chief Minister Manik Saha and the state Home Department reported destruction of illegal cannabis cultivation across 12,479.98 hectares between 2023 and 2025. Tripura Police conducted 793 anti-cannabis drives in the period, destroying 52,425,791 standing plants and seizing 133,418.625 kg of dried ganja valued at approximately ₹54 crore. Seized material was disposed of at Bodhjung Nagar Industrial Estate near Agartala under the supervision of the High Level and State Level Drug Disposal Committees, on court directives. Two individuals were arrested for cannabis cultivation and 15 others arrested for obstructing destruction drives, with charge sheets filed and matters under trial. Sepahijala recorded the highest extent of destroyed cultivation in the period. +
News:2026-03-17/Enforcement/police-destroy-20m-marijuana-plantation-in-kimbutan-dupax-del-sur-10-311-plants-uprooted +
On 17 March 2026, police led by Dupax del Sur Municipal Police chief Maj. Anthony Ayungo destroyed a 1,200-square-metre cannabis plantation in Sitio Gunot, Barangay Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya. Authorities uprooted 10,311 fully grown plants with a reported street value of ₱20 million. The site had been discovered a day earlier, on 16 March, during routine monitoring, and was accessible only after an approximately four-hour mountain trek from the barangay proper. The operation included personnel from the 2nd Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Mobile Force Company, the Provincial Intelligence Unit, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Group, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, with barangay officials, media, and Department of Justice personnel present as witnesses. No arrests were made. Ayungo described the terrain as deliberately prepared for cultivation, citing the remote location as evidence of organised operation. Samples were retained for forensic analysis, and the remainder of the material was burned on site. +