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WB: Drone used for first time to track illegal poppy cultivation in Malda

| | Nov 13, 2016, at 05:32 am
Kolkata/Malda, Nov 12 (IBNS): Malda district police on Saturday used drone camera to track illegal poppy cultivation at few locations in the district, reports said.

According to reports, using a drone camera, hired from Kolkata Police, aerial surveillance of Kaliachak Block 3 area was done.

Police officials said that on the first day of surveillance, no illegal poppy cultivation was spotted at Govindarampur and Charbabupur areas on Saturday.

Senior police officials of the district said that such surveillance will be continued in the district during this season.

Malda district of West Bengal is infamous for FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) trafficking and illegal poppy cultivation.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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