{"id":22747,"date":"2026-06-09T03:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=22747"},"modified":"2026-06-09T07:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:26:59","slug":"dm-and-sp-lead-anti-drug-drive-at-battala-market-brown-sugar-peddler-caught-red-handed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/dm-and-sp-lead-anti-drug-drive-at-battala-market-brown-sugar-peddler-caught-red-handed\/","title":{"rendered":"DM and SP Lead Anti-Drug Drive at Battala Market, Brown Sugar Peddler Caught Red-Handed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Agartala, June 9:<\/strong> In a strong message against drug abuse and trafficking, the West Tripura district administration and police launched a joint anti-drug operation at Battala Old Hawkers Market in Agartala on Monday night. During the drive, a youth allegedly selling brown sugar sachets was caught red-handed and detained.<br><br>The operation was led by West Tripura District Magistrate Dr. Vishal Kumar and Superintendent of Police Namit Pathak, who personally participated in the surprise raid.<br><br>Speaking to reporters, SP Namit Pathak said the administration, police, media, and the public have come together to wage a united campaign against narcotics. He emphasized that apart from legal and police action, authorities will also focus on identifying drug peddlers and encouraging social awareness to combat the growing menace.<br><br>&#8220;We want people to remain vigilant and share information about drug-related activities. Strict action will be taken against anyone found involved in the drug trade,&#8221; he said.<br><br>The SP further stated that the campaign is not a one-time initiative. Joint teams of the administration and police will continue conducting surprise inspections and raids at locations where information about drug-related activities is received, irrespective of the time of day.<br><br>He described the initiative as a coordinated effort involving law enforcement, the administration, and civil society to tackle the drug problem through sustained action and public participation.<br><br>Officials expressed hope that the ongoing campaign would help curb drug trafficking and create greater awareness among citizens about the dangers of substance abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agartala, June 9: In a strong message against drug abuse and trafficking, the West Tripura district administration and police launched a joint anti-drug operation at Battala Old Hawkers Market in Agartala on Monday night. During the drive, a youth allegedly selling brown sugar sachets was caught red-handed and detained. The operation was led by West [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":22746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":["post-22747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tripura"],"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"kamal","last_name":"jamatia","user_url":"http:\/\/www.aguli.in","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22748,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22747\/revisions\/22748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22747"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=22747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}