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village of Churachandpur district. A FIR has been lodged against him at the Sugnu police station under section 18(c) /25/27-4/29 ND & PS Act, the source said. On preliminary investigation, he revealed that he is the caretaker of the land where poppy was cultivated and admitted that he collected money from poppy cultivators.

was arrested by a team of Nungba police of Noney district in a follow up action, the source said.

A combined team of troops of 39 Assam Rifles, personnel of Nungba police station and officials of forest department in Noney district on Saturday destroyed poppy plants on around 1.1 acres of forest area at the hill range of Nungthut village.

Members of Rongmei Riders, a CSO based in the district, also assisted

The police in Kakching district also arrested another person suspected to be a caretaker of the poppy fields on Saturday, around 4.30 pm. A team of Sugnu police of Kakching district arrested the person identified as Ginkhanpau (60) from his house at Vaalveng

The Manipur government has launched a massive drive against large-scale illegal poppy cultivation in hill districts of the state. In the ongoing drive, the police have arrested around seven chiefs of hill villages and some poppy cultivators in recent memory.