Border Security Force on Friday in a joint operation with police destroyed approximately 40, 000 immature Ganja (Cannabis) plants illegally cultivated in Village Manikyanagar in Rahimpur area under Kalamchowra police station of Sepahijala district.

In forestland, approximately 18 Hectares of land in seven different plots has been cleared by cutting, uprooting and burning of the plants.

This season till date total 4,02,400 plants have been destroyed in different parts of the state of Tripura and in about 300 acres of forest land has been reclaimed in several joint operations by BSF and sister agencies.

BSF with sister agencies, continuously launching operations to destroy the illegal cultivation of Ganja. Efforts of security forces will have a positive impact on the society, said BSF in a press statement.