Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Kerala Police Destroy 7,300 Cannabis Plants in Attappady Forest
Police found a very large cannabis farm in a hard-to-reach forest in Attappady.
They discovered about 7,300 plants in two nearby areas.
About 1,600 plants were young, while 5,700 were fully grown.
The plants were arranged in specially prepared beds.
The growers used water from forest streams and a drip-irrigation system.
Police trekked for hours through steep land to reach the plantations.
They burned and destroyed the plants at the site.
Investigators are now trying to identify the people responsible.
Kerala Police destroyed approximately 7,300 cannabis plants in a remote Attappady forest.
The operation was conducted jointly by the District Anti-Narcotics Special Action Force and local police.
About 1,600 young plants were found in 160 beds between Ponnakkal Mala and Ankanyan Chola.
Another 5,700 mature plants were discovered in 475 beds east of Ponnakkal Mala.
Pudur police registered two cases and are investigating who organized the cultivation.
- Who
- The District Anti-Narcotics Special Action Force and Kerala Police, including a team led by Agali Sub-Inspector Harshad.
- What
- Authorities found and destroyed approximately 7,300 cannabis plants and registered two cases.
- When
- The search team began at about 4:30 a.m. on Thursday; officials reported the operation on Friday.
- Where
- A remote forest between Ponnakkal Mala and Ankanyan Chola, and east of Ponnakkal Mala, in Pudur panchayat, Attappady, Palakkad.
- Why
- The search followed a tip-off about widespread cannabis cultivation and formed part of an anti-narcotics operation.
- Plants destroyed
- Approximately 7,300 cannabis plants
- First plantation
- About 1,600 plants, around one-and-a-half months old, in 160 beds
- Second plantation
- About 5,700 fully grown plants in 475 beds
- Location
- Remote forest areas around Ponnakkal Mala and Ankanyan Chola in Attappady
- Irrigation
- Water from forest streams was supplied through drip irrigation
- Destruction method
- Police burned the plants at the site
- Legal action
- Pudur police registered two cases and began an investigation
- Related detection
- Another large cannabis plantation was detected in Attappady on September 20
