Bokaro police destroyed opium plants planted in around 2 decimal of land at Hazarimore in Gomia block of Bokaro district here on Friday late in an evening.
According to police inspector Radhe Shyama Das, the opium plants they destroyed could have yielded an estimated 23 kgs of opium, worth around in lakh. Personnel of Gomia police of the Bermo sub division, assisted by Inspector and security forces, destroyed the poppy cultivation discovered at the mines range near Hazarimore area under Gomia police station, police sources said.