Imphal, Jan. 14 -- Security forces carried out multiple operations across the state on Tuesday, leading to the destruction of illegal poppy cultivation and the arrest of three militants from Imphal West district.
In one operation, a joint team destroyed around 65 acres of poppy fields in a hill range under the Chakpikarong police station in Chandel district. Two temporary huts, along with poppy pods, seeds, and other cultivation materials found at the site, were also destroyed.
In a separate drive the same day, another joint team, accompanied by an executive magistrate, destroyed about 30 acres of poppy fields in a hill range under the Senapati police station in the Senapati district.
Meanwhile, police arrested three active militants fro...