Police uproot 20,000 suspected wild cannabis plants along Xinjiang railway
Railway and local police uprooted more than 20,000 suspected wild cannabis plants on 2 September 2025 beside the Keta railway line between Hojirt in Emin County and Tiechangou in Toli County, Xinjiang. Officers said seeds could spread along the line and that the plants are controlled regardless of whether they grew wild.
🇨🇳 Keta Railway, between Hojirt and Tiechangou, Toli County, Xinjiang · China
On 2 September 2025 a joint patrol on the Keta railway in Xinjiang found a
large stand of suspected wild cannabis growing beside cropland between Hojirt
in Emin County and Tiechangou in Toli County.[1]The team included officers
from the Kuytun railway public security bureau’s Emin station, local police,
township officials and rail-side enterprises.[1]
Emin station chief Song Yang said cannabis is a controlled drug plant even when
it appears to grow naturally, and that leaves, flowers and seed can be processed
into drugs.[1]He warned that seeds can spread on train drafts and high winds
and sprout new patches elsewhere along the line.[1]
The patrol cut and dug out the plants with sickles and spades and said it
cleared more than 20,000 suspected wild cannabis plants, removing what it
called a source of poison and a safety risk to rail operations.[1]Song said
drug plants would not be tolerated and that the clearance helped secure the line
during a sensitive period for transport.[1]
Case data
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The plants are described throughout as “疑似野生大麻” (suspected wild cannabis); the county release does not say whether laboratory confirmation was completed before destruction.
No arrests or investigations into cultivation are mentioned.
No independent second report was found; the account is the county government's own release.
The exact kilometre point on the Keta line is not given, so coordinates are for Toli County as a whole.
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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.
