KABUL, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The counter-narcotics police have discovered 12.5 kg of opium poppy and arrested three individuals on the charge of involvement in the drug business in the northern ...

From Deadwood, South Dakota, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and east to Duluth and St. Paul, opium lured many toward illicit ...

KABUL, April 15 (Xinhua) -- In the drive against illegal crops, police have destroyed more than 88 acres of poppy farms and arrested a dozen persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business ...

Police have destroyed poppy farms in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province, warning of dire consequences if anyone ...

The report mentions at least two areas, Pastwari and Kochmina, where opium poppy is grown, allegedly by Afghan labourers under the patronage of a terrorist faction, ‘Faizullah Ikhwani Group ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation and production from 2021 through 2023, which UNODC ...

Australia’s newest opium factory is located, un-signposted as such, in a bland industrial estate on the fringes of Melbourne. Its security controls are like those of an embattled embassy.

Poon Wung, a jolly man, "sleek and fat," was the owner of the laundromat, a front for a “hop hung,” or opium den. Inside the shack’s front door was an empty room, and a curtain hiding the ...