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News Reports

Ganja in the Eastern Ghats, poppy in Manipur: How illegal cultivation of narcotics has been a major money source for Naxals and other violent...

Rukma Rathore - 21 November, 2025

On 17th November, 41 acres of illicit poppy production was wiped out in Manipur's Tengnoupal and Kangpokpi districts. A joined team identified and uprooted the crops during the day-long operation which was conducted in the Khudei Khullen hill range under Tengnoupal Police Station.

News Reports

Area under Opium cultivation in Afghanistan drops by 20% in a year as a result of Taliban’s ban on narcotics production: UN Report

OpIndia Staff - 6 November, 2025

A massive drop was registered in opium cultivation in 2023 after the Taliban banned narcotics production in 2022.

Opinions

AAP MLAs bats for opium cultivation and shops in Punjab: What it means for a state perennially beset by the drug problem

Anurag - 11 March, 2024

AAP MLA from Sangrur Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra asked the agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian if there was any plan to allow the cultivation of poppy in Punjab.

News Reports

BSF shoots down Pakistani drone in Amritsar sector, over 2 kg heroin and opium seized

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2023

One iron ring was affixed to the cargo, along with a large packet wrapped in yellow adhesive tape which contained two suspected heroin packets and two smaller packets of opium, according to the BSF.