Impact TV: Poppy plants estimated to be worth more than Rs 15 crore in the grey market were destroyed in Chandel and Imphal districts just a day before the harvest.

PRO police department, in a press release, said joint teams of Narcotics and Affairs of Border PS, Narcotic Control Bureau, District Police Chandel, Lamlai, District Administration of Chandel and Imphal East, 5 IRB, 21 Assam Rifles and 32 Assam rifles destroyed cultivation of opium poppy plants in 12 twelve different areas in Chandel district, Nongmaijing Hill Range, Imphal East from January 5 to 7.

Altogether, 198 acres of poppy cultivation were destroyed in the operation. The release also said the probable yield of the poppy plants will be more than 2500 kgs of opium and the approximate value is estimated at more than Rs 15 crore in the grey market.