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South Korea's coast guard arrests 249 poppy and cannabis growers

A four-month sweep from April to July 2026 caught 236 poppy growers and 13 cannabis growers, seizing 29,438 poppy plants, 37 cannabis plants and 5.5 kg of cannabis. The coast guard said cultivation was concentrated in rural and island areas and promised tighter sea-border checks.

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· South Korea

A four-month sweep from April to July 2026 caught 236 poppy growers and 13 cannabis growers, seizing 29,438 poppy plants, 37 cannabis plants and 5.5 kg of cannabis. The coast guard said cultivation was concentrated in rural and island areas and promised tighter sea-border checks.[1]

Sources

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Where

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  • No seed lot recorded

From Landrace.wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Places offset by about 500 m.

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Location accuracy: country only. The sources name no closer place; the dot marks the middle of South Korea.36.37, 127.83

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