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Members of the law enforcing agencies yesterday destroyed a poppy field at Nepa village under Moheshpur upazila in the district.

On a tip-off, Police, Rab, BDR and the officials of drug and narcotics control department raided the area and destroyed the 'opium poppy' grown on five bighas in the village, 62 kilometre away from the district town.

Police said, an Indian citizen identifying himself Nur Mohammad, son of late Sariatullah under Bashbaria union of Chunir Ayet village, cultivated the poppy on the land taking lease from one Harun-or-Rashid, son of late Abdul Kader of Nepa village.

During a visit to Nepa, villagers told this correspondent that Nur Mohammad took lease of five bighas for Tk 25,000 from Harun in September last and cultivated poppy on it.

Farmers Zahurul Islam, Moniruzzaman and Mominur Rahman of Nepa village said they never had any idea about poppy although they worked just beside the poppy cultivated land.

"We did not know this was poppy; rather they told us that these are spices used with betel leaf," said Zahurul Islam quoting Nur Mohammad.

Lutfor Rahman, sub assistant director of Drug and Narcotics Control Department of Jhenidah said heroin, opium, pethidin, morphine and phensidyl are made from juice of poppy.

About 700gram to one kilogram juice of poppy is usually produced from each bigha which is worth around Tk 60-80 thousand, he added.

Moinul Islam, chairman of Nepa said, they have never heard of cultivating poppy. Indian citizen Nur Mohammad started this telling them that it is a kind of spice.

Hasan Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Moheshpur police station, said he got information a few days ago that an Indian citizen cultivated poppy on the field at Nepa and he informed it to the higher authorities.

Contacted, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Jhenidah said, they destroyed the poppy yesterday in presence of all and are trying to find out the culprits involved in its cultivation

 

[kingkong]

Whoever tried to mastermind
growing this poppies came from Burma since there are already many reports about the Burmese army doing this within
Burma but probably they want to grow it outside Burma.

 

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No these incidents took place in West Bengal border and Indian drug dealers were involved. They thought they could fool BD as nobody in BD will recognize them.. Smart AASSS ...