In a bid to make Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa a province free from all kinds of drugs, a joint police and excise team took emergency measures and destroyed the poppy crop cultivated in some difficult mountainous areas of Swabi.
This operation was carried out under the supervision of Director Narcotics Control Excise Dr Eid Badshah and Excise Taxation Officer Narcotics Control Zahid Iqbal Khan.
In this successful operation, a joint team comprising the Narcotics Control Wing of the excise department and the district police destroyed the standing poppy (opium) crop on about 150 kanals of land that was cultivated in different patches of the mountain beds.
Excise and Swabi Police personnel took part in this successful operation and destroyed the poppy crop cultivated in the most difficult hilly valley including Mangalchai, Darorai and Chennai hills of Gadoon.
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