In Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police seized poppy straw and spirit worth Rs 3.4 crore and arrested eight people. Acting ...

Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres ...

Jharkhand: Two persons, identified as Ramesh Kumar from Rajasthan's Barmer and Suresh Bishnoi from Pali, were arrested. A ...

Despite a slight decrease in opium production, the UNODC warned that the conditions were in place for its continued expansion ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered ...

Poppy straw and spirit worth a total of Rs 3.4 crore have been seized in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district in separate incidents and eight people arrested, police said on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, ...

They are P. rhoeas L. (common poppy, corn poppy, field poppy) and P. somniferum L. (opium poppy, or literally ‘sleep-inducing’ poppy) and they have a rich history of economic, medical and scientific ...

The latest UNODC survey confirms war-torn country’s status as world’s top opium producer but again fails to point blame at ...

Myanmar's turmoil post-coup has led to record opium production, surpassing Afghanistan, with ongoing conflicts reshaping ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. fostered by the crisis that arose after its army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in ...