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IMPHAL: A joint team of army, Manipur police's Narcotics and Affairs of Borders (NAB) team and two anti-drug NGOs on Friday recovered 63 kg of ephedrine drugs worth Rs 6.3 crore from the Lilong area in Thoubal district. The drug was recovered from inside the pipeline of a house in Nganglou paddy field, he added. The recovery came at a time when different security agencies have stepped up the drive to destroy massive cultivation of opium in the remote corners of the state.Based on a tip-off regarding movement of a heavy consignment of arms and drugs at Lairakhong area, 5 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles troops, sleuths of NAB, Thoubal police and volunteers of Islamic Cultural Research Organisation (ICRO) and All Lilong Anti Drug Association , carried out a search at Liarakhong area around 11 am, an official source said..