5 acre of illicit poppy cultivation destroyed in Manipur

Imphal, Feb 10: Around five acre of illicit poppy cultivation was destroyed in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, police said on Sunday.

Security forces along with forest department personnel destroyed the illicit poppy cultivation at G Monglian village hill range in the district on Saturday, they said.

“During the destruction, approximately 5 acre of illicit poppy plants which could yield about 25 kg of illicit opium were destroyed and ten Poppy pods were seized as evidence,” the police added. (PTI)

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