{"id":23696,"date":"2026-07-05T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=23696"},"modified":"2026-07-05T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:45:17","slug":"40-kg-cannabis-seized-in-khowai-one-smuggler-arrested-another-escapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/40-kg-cannabis-seized-in-khowai-one-smuggler-arrested-another-escapes\/","title":{"rendered":"40 kg Cannabis Seized in Khowai; One Smuggler Arrested, Another Escapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tripura, July 5:<\/strong> Khowai Police seized around <strong>40 kilograms of cannabis<\/strong> and arrested one alleged drug smuggler during a special operation at the Kargil Tilla area under Khowai Police Station on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police, the operation was carried out around <strong>2:00 PM<\/strong> on the Hatkata road near Kargil Tilla following a tip-off. The contraband was allegedly being transported in a high-speed <strong>TR04C-2898<\/strong> three-wheeler (tomtom) when police intercepted the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officer-in-Charge <strong>Krishna Dhan Sarkar<\/strong> of Khowai Police Station said that the seized cannabis is estimated to have a <strong>black market value of around \u20b96 lakh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said <strong>two persons were travelling in the vehicle<\/strong>, but while one suspect was arrested at the spot, the other managed to flee. A search has been launched to trace the absconding accused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seized cannabis, the vehicle, and the arrested suspect were taken to Khowai Police Station for further legal proceedings. Police have registered a case and are continuing the investigation to identify others involved in the alleged smuggling network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident has also raised concerns among local residents, with some questioning whether smugglers are increasingly avoiding major highways and using smaller interior roads to evade police surveillance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tripura, July 5: Khowai Police seized around 40 kilograms of cannabis and arrested one alleged drug smuggler during a special operation at the Kargil Tilla area under Khowai Police Station on Sunday afternoon. According to police, the operation was carried out around 2:00 PM on the Hatkata road near Kargil Tilla following a tip-off. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":23695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[63],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":["post-23696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tripura","tag-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\/23696","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=23696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23697,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23696\/revisions\/23697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23696"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=23696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}