IMPHAL, Jan 7: A joint team of the Narcotic Control Bureau, Imphal , 38 AR, 46 AR under 27 Sector AR of CCpur, CCpur police and AMADA have destroyed 750 acres of illicit poppy cultivation in the general hill areas of South Aina in CCpur district, Manipur from December 30, 2011 to January 5, 2012.
A press release has informed that during the last year, the team had destroyed illicit poppy cultivation in the state valued at Rs 10.84 crores.
It has also mentioned that there are informations regarding the illegal cultivation of poppy plant in different locations of hill areas of Manipur and has further appealed to the public to give information to the NCB about any illegal cultivation of poppy plants, if they know.
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