Yining police uproot 485 wild cannabis plants near substation
On 28 April 2026 police in Yining's Sayibuyi subdistrict uprooted 485 wild cannabis plants found around a high-voltage substation outside a residential compound. Officers said interviews ruled out deliberate cultivation and cleared neighbouring ground so no plants were left standing.
🇨🇳 Sayibuyi Subdistrict, Yining, Xinjiang · China
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Plants destroyed
485
At 11:20 on 28 April 2026 officers from the Sayibuyi subdistrict police
station in Yining, Xinjiang, began uprooting wild cannabis that had been found
around a high-voltage substation outside a residential compound.[1] During
earlier checks the station had noticed a large cannabis stand; questioning and
visits led officers to conclude it was wild growth rather than deliberate
cultivation.[1]
The station mobilised officers to remove the plants and search nearby ground
under a “not one plant left” standard.[1] It said it destroyed 485 cannabis
plants and removed a source of drugs that could have been exploited by
traffickers.[1] Officer Ma Yunfei briefed residents on the spot about drug
plants and the legal ban on cultivating them.[1]
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.
