Following strict instructions from Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, combined teams of the Narcotics and Affairs of Border (NAB) and police have started destroying verdant poppy plants grown at various places and the mountains in particular. Surprise search operations and frisking are also being carried out at suspected localities.
“The combined teams of the NAB and the police personnel raided some fields, including the mountains, on Friday. Initial reports say poppy plants on more than 150 acres of field were destroyed,” officials said.
Two tribals from the Ukhrul district were arrested after they were spotted possessing seven kg of high quality opium. The drug traffickers were intercepted near Imphal on Friday. The two reportedly told police that they had brought the opium there for selling it to some people. However, no further arrests could be carried out.
