ILLICIT CULTIVATION OF NARCOTICS CROP:- Illicit Cultivation Seizure of drugs is one way to curb the supply of drugs. But the best way to do so would be to end it from where it begins-cultivation of such crops. Survey, identification and destruction of illicit crops of Cannabis, Opium Poppy and Coca plants is one of the main strategies to cut down the supply of drugs. In India, only opium poppy and cannabis are illegally grown. Coca plant cultivation is confined to South and Central America. The NDPS Act 1985 has specific provisions which empower the field officers to take appropriate action in this regard. Power: The DLEO is authorized under Section44 of the NDPS Act to seize illicit narcotic plants. Under Section 48 of the NDPS Act, the DLEO, if he is a Gazetted Officer, can attach the crops and issue orders for destruction of the seized narcotic plants. Under Section 46 of the NDPS Act, a land holder is obliged to report any illicit cultivation of narcotic plants on his fiel...