Illegal poppy cultivation at India-Bangladesh border destroyed by BSF

Guwahati: Border Security Force (BSF) personnel under Guwahati Frontier along with Narcotics Control Bureau, Kolkata on March 3 carried out a joint operation for the destruction of illegal poppy cultivation in village Balasi and Beltapara under Police station Mathabhanga in Coochbehar, West Bengal.

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During the operation, approximately 12 bigha of poppy cultivation was destroyed said the BSF in a statement and added that its troops are always alert on the issues of such illegal activities and trans-border crimes.

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Earlier, on February 8, the troops of Assam Rifles apprehended one person and seized 10 cases of foreign-origin cigarettes as well as 100 bags of poppy seeds worth Rs 1.65 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district. (with ANI inputs)

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