News:2020-12-18/Enforcement/tripura-police-and-bsf-destroy-2-lakh-ganja-plants-amid-cultivator-resistance-at-ghatigira-sonamura

18 December 2020

Tripura eradication campaigns (2020)

Enforcement

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Tripura Police and BSF destroy 2 lakh ganja plants amid cultivator resistance at Ghatigira, Sonamura

On Friday 18 December 2020, a joint Tripura Police and Border Security Force operation destroyed over 200,000 cannabis plants in raids at Matinagar, Kalamchoura, Ghatigira, Boxanagar and other villages of Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. Officials estimated the destroyed material at approximately ₹1 crore. The operation was led by Sonamura Sub-Divisional Police Officer Banik Biplab Das. At Ghatigira village near the India-Bangladesh international border, the security team came under attack by a mob of cannabis cultivators who attempted to forcibly cordon them off. Police responded with lathi-charge and fired tear gas shells to disperse the mob. The cannabis plantations were burned at the site after destruction. Reported by Outlook India syndicated from Press Trust of India on 19 December 2020; also covered by Indian Express.

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2020-12-18 Enforcement Tripura Police and BSF destroy 2 lakh ganja plants amid cultivator resistance at Ghatigira, Sonamura On Friday 18 December 2020, a joint Tripura Police and Border Security Force operation destroyed over 200,000 cannabis plants in raids at Matinagar, Kalamchoura, Ghatigira, Boxanagar and other villages of Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. Officials estimated the destroyed material at approximately ₹1 crore. The operation was led by Sonamura Sub-Divisional Police Officer Banik Biplab Das. At Ghatigira village near the India-Bangladesh international border, the security team came under attack by a mob of cannabis cultivators who attempted to forcibly cordon them off. Police responded with lathi-charge and fired tear gas shells to disperse the mob. The cannabis plantations were burned at the site after destruction. Reported by Outlook India syndicated from Press Trust of India on 19 December 2020; also covered by Indian Express. https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/security-forces-destroy-cannabis-plants-worth-rs-1-cr-in-tripura/1996228 Tripura eradication campaigns (2020) India Tripura Sepahijala Ghatigira 23° 28' 12.00" N, 91° 16' 48.00" E