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257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid seized at Dulles Airport
by 7News Staff TOPICS: STERLING, VA. (7News) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at Washington Dulles ...
The Manhattan Mercury9d
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...
scmp.com8d
In Myanmar’s fields of fear, farmers sow opium poppies for survival
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...
THE WEEK1y
The Taliban’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on opium poppy crops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country after banning cultivation of the crop, analysis of satellite imagery and reports from the ground ...
Asia News8d
Opium poppy cultivation booms making Myanmar top producer in the world
The economic crisis and war have pushed farmers and displaced people to turn to opium poppy cultivation, despite the meagre earnings. The flow of money finances both the military junta and ethnic ...
Krone6d
Opium prices in Afghanistan have increased tenfold
which is extracted from the opium poppy. After the Islamist Taliban banned the cultivation of poppies in 2022 and destroyed large areas of crops, global opium production collapsed considerably ...