Poppy plantations destroyed in Ukhrul
IFP Bureau16 Dec 2023
Around 15 acres of illicit poppy plantation were destroyed along with destruction of associated huts on Friday.
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Around 15 acres of illicit poppy plantation were destroyed along with destruction of associated huts on Friday.
Nothing is transparent in the narcotics business as made out to be and it is about who is controlling or managing the perceptions.
In 2022-2023, drugs worth Rs 136.93 crore were seized, according to a report from Manipur police
As a part of the War on Drugs campaign, a combined team destroyed around 100 acres of poppy plants at L Haopi Molen village upper side of Khuga Dam on Sunday.
A total of 2,500 kgs of opium could have been produced from the destroyed plants.
Due to poppy plantations in some of the greater areas of hills, the people of the state are becoming victims of drugs. It is possible that there might be some external groups who want to destroy the youths of the state by encouraging poppy plantation, ICHAM advisor said.
Kangpokpi district police used a drone to spray herbicides as a part of the poppy destruction drive at Mongjang village hill range in Kangpokpi district on Monday.
A total of 55 acres of poppy plantations were destroyed by a combined team of Imphal East district police assisted by NAB, Forest department and BSF during a two-day poppy destruction drive in Kamu Ching, Bongyang Hill range.
A combined team of NAB, forest department and BSF destroyed is camping at B Gamnom village to destroy poppy fields and arrest illegal poppy cultivators.
The Kuki people in and around Maokot village in Kamjong district resolved to drop poppy cultivation and sought government attention in arranging alternative livelihood for them.
A total of 247 acres of illicit poppy plantations were destroyed in January in Manipur.
A combined force of Chandel district police, NAB, MR and SDO Chakpikarong conducted the drive at a poppy cultivation farm at the hill slope of Govok village which is about 12 km South East from the Chandel district Police Station.
An estimated yield of about 350 kg of poppy was destroyed during the destruction drive, police sources said.
IFP Editorial: If all of the hills are under poppy cultivation, it would only be a tiny fraction of the global drug production a major portion of which had already shifted to the Golden Crescent area.
A joint team of Churachandpur District Police along with NAB, 1st IRB and district administration destroyed approximately 10 acres of poppy cultivated lands on Wednesday.
It is for the first time in the history of War against Drugs in Manipur that a village chief with its village authority destroyed such huge acres of poppy plantation voluntarily without the participation of the state police and other authorities concerned.