RANCHI: For the first time in Jharkhand, drones are being used in mapping of opium cultivation and destroying them by the ...

RANCHI: The Jharkhand Police has adopted a unique initiative to check opium cultivation among the state's rural population, ...

BANGKOK--There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations said ...

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In the renewed war against illegal poppy cultivation in the southern Churachandpur district, illegal poppy plants were ...

Police embark on operation to destroy poppy cultivation in Seraikela-Kharsawan | Jamshedpur News | The Avenue Mail ...

Aurangabad: Aurangabad police launched a massive drive against illegal opium cultivation and destroyed crops over 7 acres of land.

Derived from the poppy plant, the psychotropic narcotic has fascinated people for 5,000 years. For better and for worse.

While poppies grow wild on the hills, locals primarily cultivate them for opium production, though they are also used in medicine and cooking. Despite efforts by the Lao government to control opium ...