In successful operations, Tripura police destroyed around 4.28 lakh Cannabis (Ganja) saplings from Sepahijala district on Monday.

Police sources said that such a huge quantity of Ganja plants has been uprooted for the first time in the district in day-long operations.

Police sources added that acting on a tip-off, a team led by Jatrapur Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Smriti Kanta Bardhan, along with Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel, destroyed 12 nursery plots, uprooting nearly 2 lakh saplings in the deep forest areas in South Moheshpur, Katalia under the Sonamura sub-division on Sunday.

Simultaneously, a large-scale operation was conducted in several areas, mostly forest land, under the Sonamura Police Station by a team led by officer-in-charge (OC) Tapas Das, along with active support from BSF and Forest personnel on the same day.

A total of 19 plots, spreading over 35 acres, were destroyed, with approximately 2.28 lakh Ganja plants uprooted, the release said.

A total of 4.28 lakh Ganja plants were destroyed, marking one of the largest destruction drives in one day in the district. Law enforcement agencies have destroyed approximately 7,91,000 Ganja plants covering over 30 acres of land and 4,95,000 immature saplings in Sonamura sub-division in August, said police.

Meanwhile, three persons from Bihar, including two women, were arrested after 29 kg of dry Ganja were recovered from their possession in Agartala Railway Station on Saturday nightby Government Railway Police (GRP).