As part of the Assam Rifles massive crackdown on narcotics and drugs abuse in the state, the Agartala battalion of Assam Rifles seized 800 kilograms of Marijuana hidden at the backyard of one Biplab Santal of Munda Para village under Sidhai police station of West Tripura district.

Assam Rifles sources said that based on the input received from a reliable source of a large quantity of illegal processed Marijuana hidden at  Hezamara  village; a team of Agartala Battalion of Assam Rifles launch a swift operation in which  800 kgs of Cannabis (Ganja) seized after thorough search of the area. The cost of the seized Ganja is estimated to be of Rs 2.4 crores  by the state police. The seized Marijuana (Ganja) has been handed over to  Sidhai Police Station and an FIR has been registered against the individual from whom the items have been recovered. Two drug smugglers  named Akash Rabi and Chitranjan Munda were also detained in connection with this case.