Imphal, March 31 -- In a significant drive against the illicit opium plantations, Manipur police arrested four alleged poppy cultivators from a hideout under the jurisdiction of the Kangpokpi police station on Sunday.

Acting on intelligence-based information from various sources, a team from the Kangpokpi police station set up a trap and arrested four individuals who had been on the run for several months in connection with illegal poppy plantation cases, the police said.

The arrested individuals are Janggoulen Kipgen (41), Letginlal Kipgen (41), Kamginlen Kipgen (25), and Thangminlen Kipgen (34), all residents of Songjang village on the Imphal-Tamenglong road in Kangpokpi district.

The arrested individuals are now in police custody fo...