News:2025-03-09/Enforcement/cooch-behar-police-seize-1-407-kg-of-ganja-in-raids-at-chandmari-and-bhaver-thana

News record9 March 2025Enforcement

Cooch Behar police seize 1,407 kg of ganja in raids at Chandmari and Bhaver Thana

Millennium Post reported that Cooch Behar district police recovered 1,407 kg of marijuana in a series of raids and arrested six people. The report itemised the total as 883 kg recovered in one operation, 272 kg from houses in the Bhaver Thana area on Saturday and 252 kg from a house at Chandmari. The raids ran across two days and the announcement was made at a Sunday press conference, so the date recorded here is the announcement date. The report named two of the six arrested.

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Date9 Mar 2025

CategoryEnforcement

CountryIndia

State / provinceWest Bengal

District / areaCooch Behar

LocalityChandmari

Growing regionNorth Bengal Plains

AgencyKotwali police station; Sitalkuchi police station

Coordinates26.32, 89.45

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2025-03-09 Enforcement Cooch Behar police seize 1,407 kg of ganja in raids at Chandmari and Bhaver Thana Millennium Post reported that Cooch Behar district police recovered 1,407 kg of marijuana in a series of raids and arrested six people. The report itemised the total as 883 kg recovered in one operation, 272 kg from houses in the Bhaver Thana area on Saturday and 252 kg from a house at Chandmari. The raids ran across two days and the announcement was made at a Sunday press conference, so the date recorded here is the announcement date. The report named two of the six arrested. https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/police-seize-1407-kg-of-marijuana-in-raids-6-held-601735 India West Bengal Cooch Behar Chandmari 26° 19' 12.00" N, 89° 27' 0.00" E North Bengal Plains Kotwali police station; Sitalkuchi police station