Dehong police uproot 436 illegal cannabis plants found in drone-assisted sweep
Dehong prefecture police used drone aerial surveys with follow-up teams to find six illegal cannabis plots, uproot 436 plants after counting and evidence work, and punish the growers. They paired the operation with on-site education on identifying drug-source plants and reporting duties.
🇨🇳 Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan · China
Dehong prefecture police in Yunnan uprooted 436 illegally cultivated cannabis
plants after a targeted eradication drive, according to Yunnan political-legal
publicity republished on 28 September 2025.[1][2]
The Dehong public security bureau combined drone aerial mapping with on-the-ground
“precision strikes” and education, the releases said.[1][2]While checking
urban areas, fields and forest margins for drug-source plants, teams found six
illegal plots, formed a rapid task force with township officials, counted and
documented the plants, and then destroyed the cannabis.[1][2]Growers were
punished administratively or criminally—the articles say only that planters were
“punished” (处罚) without spelling out numbers or sentences.[1][2]
Officers also briefed residents on spotting cannabis and poppy plants and on
legal liability, urging tip-offs.[1][2]
Neither repost names the growers or the exact day the drones flew before
publication.[1][2]
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Yunnan political-legal publicity image published with the Dehong eradication report.Photo details
Both outlets are reposts of Yunnan political-legal material citing Dehong police; no separate Dehong government page with the same plant count was opened.
The releases do not name townships, individual growers, penalty details or the calendar date of the drone survey before the 28 September 2025 publication.
The text refers to six illegal planting sites but does not map them to specific villages.
Nuoliang anti-drug workers uprooted more than 100 wild cannabis plants near a villager's fields in Cangyuan County after a resident tip. The workers found the patch during a follow-up carpet search and cleared all plants on the spot.
Officers from Junsai Police Station in Zhenkang County found multiple suspected drug plants beside a road and identified them as wild cannabis. Police uprooted and disposed of the plants; the reports gave no count.
After a resident reported unusual plants near a reservoir, police in Qujing's Xiaoxiang area confirmed and uprooted 23 wild cannabis plants. Officers said they destroyed the plants and searched the surrounding area again.
Police in Yunnan’s Yun County uprooted 54 wild cannabis plants in four township-level sweeps using drones, foot patrols and a school tip, then destroyed the plants on the spot. The county public security bureau said the work was part of ongoing ban-cultivation checks across Lincang prefecture.
