Yining County uproots more than 10,000 wild cannabis plants in ban-cultivation sweep
Yining County's anti-drug office and county police ran a “ban cultivation, eradicate drugs” sweep that had uprooted more than 10,000 wild cannabis plants by mid-May 2026, according to a county media centre report. Staff searched fields, woodland, abandoned yards and tree belts, destroying plants on the spot and briefing villagers; no arrests were announced.
🇨🇳 Yining County, Xinjiang · China
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Plants destroyed
10,000
Yining County’s anti-drug office and the county public security bureau’s
anti-drug brigade organised a “ban cultivation, eradicate drugs” (禁种铲毒)
special operation aimed at zero cultivation and zero yield, the county media
centre reported on 18 May 2026.[1] Teams searched remote fields, wooded hills,
abandoned courtyards and tree belts under a standard of missing no corner.[1]
Wild cannabis and other drug-source plants they found were uprooted on the spot
and destroyed, the report said.[1]
A township anti-drug officer told the county media centre that, following
superior orders, staff had swept wild-cannabis-prone areas such as abandoned
yards and field margins and had uprooted more than 10,000 wild cannabis plants
so far.[1] A village police officer said the work was meant to stop wild or
exploited drug plants from becoming a supply route.[1] The article names no
arrests or prosecutions.[1]
The campaign is described as taking place “recently” (近日) with a cumulative count “so far” (截至目前) of more than 10,000 plants (1万余株); 18 May 2026 is the publication date, used here as the report date for this published total.
The figure covers the county-wide special operation, not a single day's work at one site; individual townships are named only in general terms.
No arrests, charges or maps of cleared areas are reported.
The account is from the county media centre via Chinanews Xinjiang; no independent second report was found.
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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.
