Yun County police uproot 54 wild cannabis plants in drone and patrol sweeps
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.
🇨🇳 Yun County, Lincang, Yunnan · China
- Plants destroyed
- 54
Yun County police in Lincang prefecture, Yunnan, uprooted 54 wild cannabis
plants in several recent township operations, according to a Lincang anti-drug
publicity piece republished on 16 September 2026.[1]
Officers in Xiaojie used a drone and foot patrols to pull seven plants from
hills and abandoned plots.[1] In Yongbao, two students who had attended
school anti-drug classes reported plants they recognised, leading police to
clear 19.[1] Aihua patrols found three plants near suburbs and ditches, and
Maolan officers found 25 while visiting households and fields.[1] Each batch
was uprooted and destroyed immediately, the account said.[1]
The post gave no individual dates, sentences or cultivators.[1]
Sources
- 【禁毒宣传】7+19+3+25株野生大麻全部铲除！. 鹿寨县人民政府网（转载中国禁毒微信号 / 临沧禁毒）, 16 September 2026. In Chinese.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only this government repost of the “China Anti-drug” WeChat item (sourced to Lincang anti-drug publicity) was opened; no separate Yun County police web page was found.
- The four batches (7, 19, 3 and 25 plants) are tied to Xiaojie, Yongbao, Aihua and Maolan stations without calendar dates for each sweep; 16 September 2026 is the republication date.
- The text says “recently” (近期) for the combined county work and does not name any arrest or cultivated plots versus wild growth at each site.
- No recovered photo or video addresses for the four clearances.
