Jaipur, Oct 31 (PTI) In one of the biggest crackdowns on illegal drug trade in Rajasthan, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) in coordination with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) destroyed over 50 bighas of ganja plantations and seized more than 8,000 plants in Udaipur district, officials said on Friday.

Multiple teams conducted simultaneous raids in the tribal areas of Udaipur, where large-scale illegal cannabis cultivation was underway, IG ATS Vikas Kumar said.

Noting that the network had been operating for several years, Kumar added that drug traffickers were using tribal regions as a base to grow cannabis and supply it across western and southern Rajasthan, northern Gujarat and Punjab.

The cannabis was allegedly being prepared for distribution ahead of New Year celebrations, but

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