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 ...

While opium poppies have long flourished in rural Myanmar, production soared following the 2021 military coup and subsequent conflict between the ruling junta and armed resistance groups, devastating ...

In a major crackdown on illegal opium cultivation, the West Singhbhum Police launched an extensive campaign, resulting in the destruction of 27 acres of illicit poppy fields.

Only recently has the Afghan government seemed to take stock of the obvious: For the outside world's largesse to continue, the national economy's addiction to opium must end. The poppy fields must ...

The recent destruction of 9,871 acres of illicit opium cultivation and the arrest of 86 individuals in Jharkhand have ignited ...

Jharkhand Police destroying the paddy field of illegal opium cultivation in the dense forest at Gudri and Bandgaon village ...

[File, Standard] Kenyans have gone gaga that a presidential candidate has grand plans of transforming the country into a billion-dollar drug empire that could challenge the opium fields of ...

A mob of around 80 people on Friday confronted a security team that went to destroy illegal opium poppy cultivation in ...

Opium can be stored for up to 10 years without ... and typically do not grow in the same fields where poppies were previously grown, Bjelica says. It also takes years before such crops begin ...