YANGON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's police have destroyed 113 acres of opium poppy fields in Hsi Hseng Township of Shan state in the east, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Thursday. The ...

Why are poppy pods illegal? Opium poppy plants naturally contain morphine and codeine, which can be used to make narcotic ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at ...

Beed police raided a farm in Dharur taluka and seized illegally cultivated opium plants valued at over ₹4.32 crore. The ...

Customs officers at Washington Dulles International Airport seized 81 shipments containing 257 pounds of illegal opium poppy ...

The Malabathrinum papyrus (P.Vindob. G 35250, Herakleopolis/Middle Egypt, 5th century CE) contains a recipe for an eye ...

The drive entitled “Operation Seal”, primarily aiming at curbing drug trafficking from neighbouring states by setting up ...

YANGON, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) - Myanmar's police have destroyed 20 acres of opium poppy fields in Panglong town in Loilem township of Shan state, state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Thursday. The ...

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Dibrugarh: Tinsukia police on Monday detained a 60-year-old man, Jiten Baruah, for growing opium poppy inside the Hahkhati ...

Punjab Police arrested a smuggler named Raju, seizing 10.5 kg of opium. Further investigation is ongoing to trace network ...