A resident in Shihezi, Xinjiang, reported a large patch of plants suspected to be wild cannabis, and local police followed the tip to the area.[1][2] Officers identified the plants as a controlled drug plant and said they found no signs of deliberate sowing or cultivation at the site.[1][2]
Police swept the area and uprooted more than 10,000 plants one by one, clearing the roots and remaining seedlings, according to the CCTV report.[1][2] The accompanying footage shows people pulling plants by hand beside farmland, with a police vehicle nearby.[1]
Beijing Daily published the CCTV Quick Look item on 25 June 2026; Sina carried the same verified CCTV account post later that day.[1][2] Both accounts call the discovery and removal recent but give no separate date for the operation.[1][2] Neither names anyone responsible for the stand or reports an arrest.[1][2] The article names Shihezi but gives no more precise site, acreage or weight for the removed plants.[1][2]
