India, Jan. 15 -- Security forces in Manipur destroyed approximately 110 acres of illegal poppy cultivation on hill slopes in three border districts, with the potential to yield opium worth an estimated Rs 3.3 crore, officials reported on Thursday.

This operation is part of an ongoing "War on Drugs" campaign by the Manipur government and security forces to combat widespread illegal poppy cultivation, which is prevalent in the state's hilly regions.

Police reported that a combined team of security forces, the forest department, and the executive magistrate destroyed about 15 acres of poppy fields at Lungphu Hill Range, Phungyar police station, Kamjong district, which borders Myanmar to the southeast, on January 14, 2026.

Thirty acres of...