News:2019-12-31/Enforcement/bsf-and-dinhata-block-administration-destroy-about-43-000-cannabis-plants-across-64-plots-in-cooch-behar

News record31 December 2019EradicationWest Bengal eradication campaigns (2019)

BSF and Dinhata block administration destroy about 43,000 cannabis plants across 64 plots in Cooch Behar

The Sentinel reported that Border Security Force troops of the Guwahati Frontier, with police, the Excise department and the Dinhata block development officer, destroyed illegal cannabis cultivation in a joint operation in Cooch Behar district. The report said 64 patches of cultivated land holding approximately 43,000 hemp plants were destroyed, across the villages of Petbhatha, Sewdagudi, Bajejama, Belwadi Bazar and Chaudagudi. The report gave no arrest figure. It carried no date for the operation, and the date recorded here is the publication date of 1 January 2020, so the operation fell on or shortly before it.

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Date31 Dec 2019

CategoryEradication

Part ofWest Bengal eradication campaigns (2019)

CountryIndia

State / provinceWest Bengal

District / areaCooch Behar

LocalityDinhata

Growing regionNorth Bengal Plains

AgencyBorder Security Force Guwahati Frontier; West Bengal Police; Excise department; Dinhata block development office

Plants eradicated43,000

Quantities as reported by the source.

Coordinates26.13, 89.47

Coordinates are approximate.

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2019-12-31 Eradication BSF and Dinhata block administration destroy about 43,000 cannabis plants across 64 plots in Cooch Behar The Sentinel reported that Border Security Force troops of the Guwahati Frontier, with police, the Excise department and the Dinhata block development officer, destroyed illegal cannabis cultivation in a joint operation in Cooch Behar district. The report said 64 patches of cultivated land holding approximately 43,000 hemp plants were destroyed, across the villages of Petbhatha, Sewdagudi, Bajejama, Belwadi Bazar and Chaudagudi. The report gave no arrest figure. It carried no date for the operation, and the date recorded here is the publication date of 1 January 2020, so the operation fell on or shortly before it. https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/bsf-troops-destroyed-illegal-cultivation-of-hemp-in-a-joint-operation-in-coochbehar West Bengal eradication campaigns (2019) India West Bengal Cooch Behar Dinhata 26° 7' 48.00" N, 89° 28' 12.00" E North Bengal Plains Border Security Force Guwahati Frontier; West Bengal Police; Excise department; Dinhata block development office 43000