Agartala, February 3 (TIWN): Acting on tip-off, a joint team recovered 500 kg dried cannabis worth Rs. 25 lakh from a forest land at Batadola village in Sonamura sub-division here last night.

 Based on secret information available with field G team Gokulnagar BSF, the joint team including Senior Excise Inspectors of Sepahijala District Magistrate’s office, police personnel of Sonamura police station along with women constables, 18 jawans of Border Security Force (BSF), Coy Commander of 158 Bn BOP (Batadola)- NA Khan and others led by Field G team Inspector (Gokulnagar)- Arun Yadav carried out the anti-ganja operation in a forest land at Batadola village.

During the raid, the joint team seized 500 kg dried cannabis from the forest land which was stored for smuggling to Bangladesh. The forest land is located at a distance of 800 meter from international boundary with Bangladesh and 600 meter from the Batadola Border Out Post (BOP). However, the joint team failed to detain anybody in this connection.

It is worthy to mention here that many such anti-ganja raids were conducted earlier where a vast number of ganja plantations were destroyed led by then Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Subhasis Das in Sonamura sub-division.

After the completion of this successful raid, a BSF source informed that the entire sub-division is floating on various contraband items. A section of youths and school going students are bitterly addicted to these narcotic items. With an effort to prevent the drug addiction, the administration will keep continuing anti-drug raids in different corners of the sub-division, added the source.