These pictures go with the Arunachal article on this web site.
They show happy people producing illicit opium and selling it unabashedly in Lohit & Anjaw Districts of East Arunachal Pradesh, India.
All pictures by
Romesh Bhattacharji
Illicit opium cultivation in Lohit and Anjaw districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India
It is extracted on to this nettle cloth and sold in 3cms X 4 cms strips. This was in Tafragam, a village 1 km from the Circuit House at Tezu.