IMPHAL, January 20: A joint team comprising of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Imphal; 39 AR; Customs division Imphal; NAB Manipur; Churachandpur police and AMADA Manipur have destroyed 300 acres (approx) of illicit poppy cultivation in Thinghat and other adjoining areas to Myanmar in Churachandpur district said a press note.
The approximate cost value of the destroyed poppy cultivation in a three day operation would be worth Rs.3.6 crores in the illicit market said the release.