AGARTALA, June 20 (TIWN): Acting on a tip off, 195 BSF battalion on Sunday late night raided a rubber garden under BOP Durgabari area at Bhagalpur and seized a total of 118KG of ganja worth Rs5, 90,000. Smuggling on cannabis is rising rampantly in the state with no action from the authority for curtailing the business of ganja cultivation and smuggling. Even when the State is massively hit with the ganja plantation, the authority is reluctant to make any comment over the ganja drive with just one sentence that ‘the drives are going on in the areas. Acting on a tip, 195 BSF bn on Sunday late night raided the rubber garden area and seized the packets of ganja from the spot but could not arrest any smuggler from the spot.The sources further said that 118 Kg of cannabis worth Rs 5, 90,000 was seized by BSF and the matter was however disclosed in front of public on Monday morning. Drug smuggling business inside the State is getting boost day after day due to unholy nexus of Drug Mafias and some corrupt officials of State Police. It is to be mentioned here Cannabis is grown on a large scale in interior and inaccessible areas of the region, particularly in Sonamura and Boxanagar and also in many parts of the State. Since most of these plantations are tucked away in hills and forests, government agencies have a tough time destroying these.

When it comes to narcotics, no amount of laws seems to be enough to reign in the production and distribution of banned substances.  People cultivate the Ganja plants and do business for crores and also smuggle to Bangladesh to fetch hefty amount of money.

While hundreds of smugglers based in Tripura are sending spurious Phensedyl, a cough syrup, with an exceedingly high dose of codeine and other drugs to Bangladesh virtually by the truckload, hundreds of acres of remote land in West Tripura have become sprawling ganja plantations.

However, despite several government agencies are coordinating the drive and making people aware of the hazards of its cultivation but it remains a lucrative business smuggled mainly to Bangladesh.

According to a source, large parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar are emerging as drug consuming zones, and bordering areas of Tripura are contributing to the fast­ emerging drugs market. Smugglers based in Tripura are sending these contraband items to Bangladesh virtually by the truckload, hundreds of acres of remote land in West Tripura have become sprawling ganja plantations, the source informed.

The sources also said that few local markets of Agartala are becoming huge hubs for Contraband items. On the issue of narcotics, no amount of laws seems to be enough to reign in the production and distribution of banned substances.