Agartala : The Tripura Police on Tuesday destroyed over 6,300 kg of marijuana worth Rs 3.15 crore by burning it in RK Nagar area of West Tripura.
Uttam Kumar Mazumdar, Inspector General (IG) of Tripura Police said, ” The state government has constituted two committees- Drug Disposal Committee and High-level Drug Disposal Committee – for the destruction of psychotropic substances and contraband drugs, respectively.”
With the permission of the district court, the drugs were burnt and destroyed under the surveillance of a High-level Drug Disposal Committee.
The drugs in a large quantity have been collected from four police stations – Udaipur, Dharmanagar, Kalam Chora and Melagarh by the police personnel over the last few months.
