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|date=2025-09-24
|category=Enforcement
|title=Cooch Behar district police destroy marijuana cultivation across multiple locations in coordinated operation
|summary=The Cooch Behar district police launched a special operation against illegal marijuana cultivation across multiple locations on September 24, 2024, destroying marijuana plants from several hundred bighas of land. Special police teams conducted coordinated campaigns in Manghpala under Cooch Behar Kotwali Police Station, Bhogar Dabdi of Sitalkuchi, Azimpur and Shalmara in Sahibganj, Balrampur under Tufanganj Police Station, and Balasi Hazrahat area of Mathabhanga Police Station. The operation was in response to rising illegal marijuana cultivation and ongoing ganja smuggling cases in the area. Despite the extensive destruction of marijuana crops, no arrests were made. Police officials confirmed that such campaigns will continue across the district to combat illegal drug cultivation and smuggling.
|source=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/cooch-behar-dist-police-destroys-illegal-marijuana-cultivation-580872
|part_of_campaign=West Bengal Eradication Campaigns (2025)
|country=India
|admin1=West Bengal
|admin2=Cooch Behar
|locality=Manghpala; Bhogar Dabdi; Azimpur; Shalmara; Balrampur; Balasi Hazrahat
|coordinates=26.3, 89.4
|growing_region=North Bengal Plains
|growing_area=Mathabhanga
|agency=Cooch Behar District Police
|hectares=100
|plants=10000
}}
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[[Has event date::2025-09-24]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::Cooch Behar district police destroy marijuana cultivation across multiple locations in coordinated operation]]
[[Has event summary::The Cooch Behar district police launched a special operation against illegal marijuana cultivation across multiple locations on September 24, 2024, destroying marijuana plants from several hundred bighas of land. Special police teams conducted coordinated campaigns in Manghpala under Cooch Behar Kotwali Police Station, Bhogar Dabdi of Sitalkuchi, Azimpur and Shalmara in Sahibganj, Balrampur under Tufanganj Police Station, and Balasi Hazrahat area of Mathabhanga Police Station. The operation was in response to rising illegal marijuana cultivation and ongoing ganja smuggling cases in the area. Despite the extensive destruction of marijuana crops, no arrests were made. Police officials confirmed that such campaigns will continue across the district to combat illegal drug cultivation and smuggling.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/cooch-behar-dist-police-destroys-illegal-marijuana-cultivation-580872]]
[[Has part of campaign::West Bengal Eradication Campaigns (2025)]]
[[Has country::India]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::West Bengal]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Cooch Behar]]
[[Has locality::Manghpala; Bhogar Dabdi; Azimpur; Shalmara; Balrampur; Balasi Hazrahat]]
[[Has event coordinates::26.3, 89.4]]
[[Has growing region::North Bengal Plains]]
[[Has growing area::Mathabhanga]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Cooch Behar District Police]]
[[Has hectares eradicated::100]]
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