The stalks fly in the air, as does the sap from the poppy bulb, releasing the distinctive, pungent smell of opium in its most raw form. Within a matter of minutes, Abdul and a dozen other men raze ...

This week, the Taliban announced that more than 100 people were arrested in northeastern Afghanistan for allegedly growing opium poppy. The arrests were made in a region that had previously defied ...

Opium poppy plants can be refined to form the the basis for several highly addictive drugs, including heroin. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, according to the United Nations ...

Luang Namtha police clear 9 hectares of opium poppies. Authorities in Viengphoukha district, Luang Namtha province, have cut ...

A joint operation by the Kangpokpi District Police and two platoons of the 133 Bn. CRPF led to the destruction of 25 acres of ...

On the contrary, Vermont opium is condemned as being merely an extract of poppy leaves and stalks, with a little true opium juice, very variable in composition, and wholly unfit to replace the ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...

After a few years, when all the lime had been absorbed by the plants, the poppies ... incentivised by the booming opium trade attempted to establish an opium poppy crop in the UK.

As part of the ongoing war on drug campaigns, the security personnel on Tuesday chipped down 15 acres of illegal poppy cultivation before its harvesting at Kapao hill range in Manipur’s Senapati ...

Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment ...