Hunchun forest police uproot more than 8,000 wild cannabis plants in joint patrol
Hunchun forest police, local army units and the forestry bureau uprooted more than 8,000 wild cannabis plants found on a joint forest patrol in Jilin’s border county. Officers worked four hours in rough terrain, confirmed the stand was natural growth, and burned the plants on site.
Forest police in Hunchun, Jilin, say they uprooted more than 8,000 wild cannabis
plants during a joint patrol with local army units and the Hunchun forestry
bureau, Chinanews reported on 26 June 2025.[1][2]
Officers said the stand ranged from about 30 cm to 1.5 m high, scattered in weeds
with no signs of cultivation.[1][2]After identifying the plants as wild
cannabis, teams cleared them plant by plant over four hours in difficult forest
terrain and burned them on the spot.[1][2]
The bureau said it would keep joint patrols and periodic eradication in the
forests.[1][2]No one was arrested.[1][2]
Case data
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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.
