India, March 30 -- Total 1,797 people, including 1,626 men and 171 women, have been arrested over two years since March 2023 for their alleged involvement in the smuggling of contraband items and growing cannabis, according to a report recently presented by the state home department in the Assembly.

Among the arrested, ten people have been sentenced by different courts in the state.

From March 2023 to February 2025, 994 cases related under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) were lodged at different police stations in Tripura, the report stated.

In the last three years till February, the police submitted 1,445 charge sheets related to NDPS cases.

For people involved in cannabis cultivation, using and smuggling of contrab...