18 kgs of ‘Ganja’ (cannabis) seized by East Agartala police station team

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, September 21, 2026

In a successful operation a team of East Agartala police station seized 18 kgs of dry ‘Ganja’ (cannabis) and arrested two carriers identified as Saheb Debnath and Suman Mia . The youths have been booked under the NDPS act and are being produced in court today. Giving details the officer in charge of East Agartala police station Krishna Dhan Sarkar said that last night a team of his police station had been on a routine patrol and beside the college lake they found two youths moving suspiciously with a packet in hand.

The members of the patrolling team led by the officer in charge of the College Tilla police outpost Srikanta Guha got down from the vehicle and nabbed the two ‘Ganja’ peddlers and seized an amount of 18 kgs of contraband dry ‘Ganja’ from their possession . Both Saheb Debnath and Suman Mia were brought to the East Agartala police station and booked under the NDPS act . They are being produced in court today seeking police remand for custodial interrogation to elicit information about the larger network and the persons comprising it.

The OC of East Agartala police station Krishna Dhan Sarkar said that the drive to seize contraband ‘Ganja’ and drugs will continue in the entire areas under their jurisdiction through intensified patrolling and operations.

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