Ranchi: Acting on a tip-off, Ranchi police on Monday seized 3,950 kilograms of opium bulbs worth around Rs 6 crore from a truck during a search operation near Huwanghatu village under Namkum ...

At harvest, collectors cut the bulb of the plant, allowing the raw opium to ooze out. This resin dries and is collected the following day.

A poppy bulb oozes opium paste in a field in Badakhshan Province. To harvest opium, farmers score the bulbs and then wait for the sticky paste to dry before scraping it into containers. Most of ...

A field of poppies (Papaver somniferum). The gum that produces opium is found in the large bulbs. (Image credit: Sonja C/Shutterstock) ...

Police seize 4,018 kg of poppy bulbs used for manufacturing opium from a truck at Rampur under Namkum police station area. Truck driver arrested. Investigation ongoing.

In Afghanistan, the opium harvest is under way, ready to provide 75 percent of the world's heroin and in turn fund terrorism organizations and fuel national instability. NBC News' Ron Allen ...

Opium traces have been discovered in Israel in vessels used in burial rituals by the ancient Canaanites, providing one of the world's earliest evidences of use of the drug.

The stalks fly in the air, as does the sap from the poppy bulb, releasing the distinctive, pungent smell of opium in its most raw form.

Six months after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted Dover-bound opium poppy pods at the Port of Wilmington, officials have seized another shipment. The 3-kilogram package ...

GARMSER, Afghanistan — The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the ...