In a significant boost to Tripura’s ongoing campaign against narcotics, a Special Judge of the West Tripura District Court has sentenced a Bihar resident to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for smuggling a commercial quantity of ganja. Upon questioning and conducting a search in accordance with legal procedures, officers recovered 22.625 kilograms of dry ganja concealed in his possession. Police officials welcomed the verdict, describing it as a major success in Tripura’s sustained crackdown on interstate narcotics trafficking. They noted that railway stations in the state have increasingly been used as transit points by drug smugglers attempting to transport cannabis to other parts of the country. They also reiterated that surveillance and enforcement measures at railway stations and other transport hubs across the state will continue to be strengthened.