Tag: Poppy
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Anachronistic ‘war on drugs’
The cultivation of poppy in the hills of Manipur should be taken as a crisis of agriculture
November 30, 2020 -
Three drug peddlers nabbed with over 9 kg poppy
Cases have been registered in both the incidents and an investigation is on, the official said.
June 13, 2019 -
One held with ‘Nepal-bound’ poppy straw
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the 41 battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) seized 347 kg of poppy straw in a joint operation at Ghoshpukur toll plaza on National Highway-34 in Siliguri last evening. One person has been arrested during the operation, while the straw was being smuggled to Nepal. The agencies first …
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February 16, 2018 -
‘Poppy revenue main financial support of Afghan Taliban’
Taliban militants have been using money collected as taxes from poppy growers to buy weapons and continue their fight against the Afghan government, the media reported on Monday. Farmers in the northern restive province Saripul are controlled by the Taliban and encouraged to cultivate opium poppy, Xinhua news agency reported. "Increase in poppy plantation means …
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May 22, 2017 -
191 acres of illegal poppy plantations destroyed in Arunachal
Tirap district administration, Narcotics Control Bureau along with police, Army and para military forces destroyed 191 acres of illegal poppy (opium) plantations in Lazu circle of the district recently. The poppy plantations in Lazu, Sanliam, Pongkong, Sinnu, Lonyan, Noglo, Lower Chinhan, Upper Chinhan (Horu Chinhan) villages were destroyed by teams constituted by Tirap Deputy Commissioner …
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February 22, 2017 -
191 acres of illegal poppy plantations destroyed in Arunachal
Tirap district administration, Narcotics Control Bureau along with police, Army and para military forces destroyed 191 acres of illegal poppy (opium) plantations in Lazu circle of the district recently. The poppy plantations in Lazu, Sanliam, Pongkong, Sinnu, Lonyan, Noglo, Lower Chinhan, Upper Chinhan (Horu Chinhan) villages were destroyed by teams constituted by Tirap Deputy Commissioner …
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February 22, 2017 -
191 acres of illegal poppy plantations destroyed in Arunachal
Tirap district administration, Narcotics Control Bureau along with police, Army and para military forces destroyed 191 acres of illegal poppy (opium) plantations in Lazu circle of the district recently. The poppy plantations in Lazu, Sanliam, Pongkong, Sinnu, Lonyan, Noglo, Lower Chinhan, Upper Chinhan (Horu Chinhan) villages were destroyed by teams constituted by Tirap Deputy Commissioner …
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February 22, 2017