Imphal: Ahead of the harvesting period, a joint team of Manipur Police, Assam Rifles, and Forest Department destroyed 4.8 acres of illegal poppy plantations at Haopi Mollen hill range under Sangaikot-Police Station in Churachandpur district.
The destructions were carried out in the presence of an Executive Magistrate in an operation in Manipur’s Churachandpur district sharing a border with Myanmar on Wednesday.
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With these renewed destructing efforts, a total of 8.8 acres of opium plants have been destroyed in this hill range in less than a week, officials said.
An FIR has been registered and efforts are on to identify and book the cultivators.
On January 8 the joint team conducted poppy destruction campaigns at the same hill range and destroyed 4 acres of poppy plantation.
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10 poppy pods were also seized on the drive. An FIR has been registered and efforts are on to identify and book the cultivators.