755 acres decimated, 6 held
Source: Chronicle News Service / R Lester Makang
Ukhrul, May 06 2025:
In a span of three months, Ukhrul police have destroyed 755 acres of poppy plantation and arrested six cultivators in the district.
According to sources from Ukhrul police, operations against illegal poppy cultivation were carried out across different parts of the district from December 2024 to February this year during which 755 acres of illegal poppy cultivation were destroyed and six cultivators apprehended.
The drives were conducted in Khamasom hill range, Sihai Khullen hills, Mapithel hill range, Phalee, Tora, and Champhung hill range, Shongphel hill range, Mullam hill range, Yaolen Chepu hill range and TM KaSom hill range.
Police informed that the arrested individuals were remanded to judicial custody.