Bhubaneswar, March 27 -- Is Odisha gradually turning into a narcotics hub? The question has started haunting the minds of everyone after Forest, Excise and police officials destroyed opium poppy plantations in acres of woodland in the Similipal sanctuary. So, Who is behind this illegal farming? and that too inside a sanctuary? How long this has been going on? Why did it take so long for the administration and the Forest Department to figure it out? Who is growing opium inside Similipal National Park in Odisha? In four phases, Forest, Excise officials and police have damaged opium poppy plantations worth Rs 40 crore inside the sanctuary. According to some local residents and observers, the price of poppy seeds used as spices is very high i...