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It takes only three months to harvest opium from the poppy fields. The issue of deforestation due to jhum cultivation has been debated enough. But now, the more pressing issue is of the devastation caused by poppy cultivation and its methods.
Just like Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the Manipur crisis, the fate of poppy destruction hangs in balance.
Manipur police posted on X that the cadres of non-SoO group CKLA were apprehended from Chaljang, Churachandpur district along the Indo-Myanmar border.
Drug cartels based in Manipur have become major suppliers of brown sugar, heroin and other synthetic drugs across the country.
Now after a lull of nearly three months, the drug route in Manipur is open once again and business as usual.
Police seized four packets of suspected opium packed in transparent plastic polythene from a vehicle.
Two men hailing from Suangdoh village in Churachandpur district were arrested with opium near Singngat Police Station in Churachandpur district.
A team of Kakching commando seized 4 kg of opium from a two-wheeler motorbike coming from Pallel
One drug dealer was arrested and a huge amount of drugs, including three kg of suspected opium, was seized from his possession in Churachandpur, police said..
During a police search operation, 2.216 kg of suspected opium packed in an Everyday milk powder package and suspected poppy seed packed in a black cloth were found in a house at a village in Churachandpur district.
The Coalition against Drugs and Alcohol demanded answers concerning the identities of the Itocha International Drug Cartel members, their origins and the people backing them.
Destroying poppy cultivations and arresting chiefs and those supplying or selling drugs is a great move. But it is perhaps just the tip of the iceberg and to root out drugs from the state, one must destroy the source or the master.
A man arrested for transporting suspected opium weighing over 6 kg said he collected the drugs from Myanmar national at border.
Police seized 2935 grams of suspected opium, 3700 grams of suspected poppy seeds and around 7 grams of suspected brown sugar from a woman drug peddler.
The three persons, along with the seized suspected opium and vehicle, have been handed over to Nongpok Sekmai Police station and a case has been registered for further investigation.
Manipur police destroyed about 50 acres of illegal poppy plantation in Chandel and Kangpokpi districts, seized 2.5 kilograms of opium (poppy juice).
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh urged poppy growers to surrender, saying legal action will be taken against them.
Manipur government’s “War on Drugs” including a drive against illegal poppy cultivation should not only be confined to destruction of poppy plants but educate the villagers about the alarming facts and its detrimental impact on the whole ecosystem.
Among the three arrested for possession of two kg opium in Bishnupur were two women.
The district cammando, Bishnupur unit seized 850 gram of Opium (Kani) from Loktak project crossing, Bishnupur district around 6.30 pm on Monday.
