Chatra: Police have arrested a 19-year-old drug peddler Santosh Kumar and seized 23.35 kg opium worth Rs 70 lakh from his ...

Poppy seed is so commonplace in Bengali cuisine – and held in such high regard – that I almost took a packet as a gift for my ...

Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs to mark the International Day Against Drug ...

Suspects named police officers during interrogations in a major opium trafficking case, but none were charged, according to ...

Jaipur: Reacting to agriculture minister Kirori Lal Meena's statement that fake fertilisers and seeds are being smugged into Rajasthan from Gujarat, C.

Dreaming of a lush home garden filled with every imaginable delight? Think twice before planting certain common edibles. This piece uncovers 12 seemingly innocuous food items that, due to surprising ...

Investigator Prokhorenkov, who is affiliated with the State Department for Drug Control, did not conduct any checks or ...

According to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2019, opium harvesting provided the equivalent of up to 119,000 full-time jobs to local and migrant workers hired by farmers.

Last year, Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium, harvesting 1,080 tons. While opium poppies have long flourished in rural Myanmar, production soared following the 2021 military ...

Related: Poppy seeds themselves contain little to no opiates. However, other parts of the poppy plant, such as the seed pods, contain opium, which can be further refined into substances such as ...