Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 10: Police in Awantipora today destroyed poppy cultivation spread over a vast area of land in the Lethpora area.
A police party led by SHO Police Station Awantipora under the supervision of SDPO Awantipora Mumtaz Bhatti destroyed a huge quantity of poppy cultivation spread over nearly 13 kanals of land at different locations in the Lethpora area.
Accordingly, police said, cases under relevant sections of law have been registered at Police Station Awantipora against the illegal poppy cultivators and further investigation has been initiated.
Police have asked those who have cultivated Poppy or any other narcotic substances anywhere in Police District Awantipora, to destroy the same on their own, “failing which they shall face strict action under law.”
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