Imphal, Feb. 6 -- Security forces and the Manipur Police carried out extensive anti-narcotics and anti-insurgency operations across multiple districts on Thursday, destroying large areas of illegal poppy cultivation, arresting a drug peddler, and recovering a significant cache of arms and ammunition, police said on Friday.
In Tengnoupal district, security personnel destroyed 20 acres of illegal poppy plantations in the Khudei Khullen hill range under Tengnoupal Police Station. In a separate operation in Ukhrul district, security forces eradicated 185 acres of illegal poppy cultivation across the Khamashom and Leingangching (Mapithel) hill ranges. Two huts at the plantation sites were also dismantled and destroyed during the operation.
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