Myanmar police have destroyed 30 acres of opium poppy fields in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, state-run daily Myanma ...

The United Nations have said that the Taleban made an estimated US$100m (£50m) in 2007 from Afghan farmers growing poppy for the opium trade. Opium produced from the plants fuels the insurgency ...

The poppy fields must be destroyed ... "It's the police who transport our opium in their cars! You see the big buildings in Lashkar Gah and Kandahar. This is money from corruption." ...

The United Nations have said that the Taleban made an estimated US$100m (£50m) in 2007 from Afghan farmers growing poppy for the opium trade. Opium produced from the plants fuels the insurgency ...

poppy cultivation has practically come to a standstill. For the first time in decades, Myanmar has replaced Afghanistan as the world's largest opium and heroin producer. It would be natural to ...

A mob of around 80 people on Friday confronted a security team that went to destroy illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur's Kangpokpi district and damaged four vehicles, police said.

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation and production from 2021 through 2023, which UNODC ...

In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws. Opium is the essential ingredient for manufacturing the street drug heroin ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...

poppy seeds are the seeds of a poppy flower—specifically the papaver somniferum. This variety, also known as a breadseed or ...

Imphal/Guwahati: The chief of a key Kuki body in Manipur faces legal action after a mob attacked a small team of security forces when they tried to destroy illegal opium poppy fields in Manipur's ...