(PLO)- The functional forces discovered that in the garden area of Phan Van Ty’s house, there were 266 poppies planted on an area of 12.5 m2.
Police in Bac Me district, Ha Giang province are holding criminal detention once morest Mr. Phan Van Ty (65 years old, residing in Lung Lau village, Minh Ngoc commune) for illegal production of narcotics.
According to the police, on the morning of February 17, the police force for drug crime prevention and control of Bac Me district police in coordination with the police of Minh Ngoc commune caught Phan Van Ty red-handed scraping plastic from a poppy tree. (drug).
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The poppy garden of Phan Van Ty. Photo CTV |
Through inspection, the working group discovered that in the garden area of Phan Van Ty’s house, there were 266 poppies planted on an area of 12.5 m2, of which the tallest tree was 144 cm, the lowest was 30 cm.
During the work, Phan Van Ty admitted that all of the above plants were poppies planted from regarding September 2022 to serve his personal needs.
The working group pulled, sealed and seized all the above plants and a tool to scrape the sap of opium poppy, a pack of opium resin.
At present, the case is still being investigated and clarified.
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