Bodhjungnagar police station of West Tripura district on Saturday managed to arrest an infamous drug smuggler identified as Rafiq Miah, from Bishalgarh in connection with a major Ganja (Cannabis) seizure case.
Acting on the investigation, a police team led by Bishalgarh police station officer-in-charge (OC) Babul Das conducted an operation at Karoimura market on Friday evening and arrested the accused.
According to investigating officer SI Pintu Biswas, the case originated on September 3, 2026, when Bodhjungnagar police station of West Tripura district, acting on a tip-off, intercepted a Maruti Suzuki Dezire bearing registration number TR07 C 0772 near Nabachandra Chowmuhani in the RK Nagar area under Bodhjungnagar police station.
During the operation, police recovered 176 kg of dry Ganja from the vehicle and arrested its driver, Parimal Debnath.
A case was subsequently registered at Bodhjungnagar police station under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act. Police arrested the main smuggler Rafiq Miah, who was the kingpin of the drug haul as part of the ongoing investigation into the Ganja seizure case.