Cooch Behar, 15th January: Opium poppy cultivations being illegally harvested at Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar district were destroyed by the administration.
Opium poppy and cannabis cultivation spread across about 30 bighas of land in the Daibhangi area of Hazrahat of Mathabhanga-1 block were destroyed. The area was under the illegal cultivation of cannabis and opium, for a long time.
When the team of Kolkata Narcotics Control Bureau was informed about the matter by the SSB, the cultivation of opium and cannabis was destroyed with the help of the Excise Department and the Police.