Tacheng border police uproot 5,000 wild cannabis plants after children’s tip
On 3 August 2026, Qiblagh border police in Tacheng prefecture, Xinjiang, uprooted more than 5,000 wild cannabis plants after two children reported suspected drug crops in a village field. Officers and village staff confirmed the plants, cleared the patch and gave the children “little anti-drug guard” certificates.
🇨🇳 Qiblagh, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang · China
- Plants destroyed
- 5,000
Two children who told Qiblagh border police they had seen suspected drug plants
in a village field triggered a clearance of wild cannabis on 3 August 2026,
Chinanews reported.[1][2]
Officers from the Tacheng border management detachment went with village staff,
confirmed the plants as wild cannabis and uprooted more than 5,000 of them,
collecting and counting every plant, the report said.[1][2] Police later visited
the children with “little anti-drug guard” certificates to thank them for
speaking up.[1][2]
The posts did not name the hamlet or say whether anyone would be prosecuted for
planting.[1][2]
Sources
- 新疆：“小孩哥”慧眼识“毒”，协助民警铲除野生大麻植株. 中新网新疆, 4 August 2026. In Chinese.
- 新疆：“小孩哥”慧眼识“毒”，协助民警铲除野生大麻植株. 中国新闻网, 4 August 2026. In Chinese.
Open questions the AI reported
- Both Chinanews posts give the count as “more than 5,000” plants without an exact figure or acreage.
- The village and field are not named beyond Qiblagh border police jurisdiction.
- No laboratory analysis of THC content is cited; officers identified the plants as wild drug crops on site.
