Rs 1.98 crores worth Poppy plants destroyed
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 26 2013:
A combined team of Narcotics and Affairs of Border (NAB), Manipur; NCB, Imphal; troops of 35 AR (E-Coy) and district Police Chandel has destroyed illicit poppy cultivation worth around Rs 1.98 crores in two different locations of Sajik Tampak area.
The destruction of the poppy plants was carried out by officers and sub-ordinate personnel of the combined team in insurgent prone areas of Phaisi Village and Hengmol Village under Chakpikarong Police Station, from February 21 to 24, totaling an area of 49 acres, according to a statement released by SP, Narcotics and Affairs of Border, Manipur, Imphal.
An FIR case has been taken up against the unknown accused persons for further investigation, the statement informed.