Uttarkashi, Jun 24 (PTI) Opium crop illegally cultivated on over 0.025 hectares of land in Fitari village here was destroyed on Saturday, police said.

A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against landowner Ranveer Singh, Uttarkashi SP Arpan Yaduvanshi said.

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The action has been taken under the Drugs Free Devbhoomi Mission, Yaduvanshi said.

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