Imphal, March 4 -- In the relentless campaigns conducted by the central and state forces, they cleared over 100 acres of poppy cultivation in the hill ranges of six villages along the Manipur-Myanmar border.

Officials said that they destroyed these clandestine plantations, which could yield around 500 kilograms of raw opium valued at approximately Rs 6.5 lakhs in the regional black markets, over the past five weeks.

In a renewed effort on Monday, a joint team of Security Forces and Forest Division Tengnoupal district successfully cleared approximately 20 acres of illegally grown poppy cultivation at the Hill Ranges of Loikong under the Moreh police station in the southern parts of the state.

The operation, aimed at disrupting the opium...