200 poppies planted in the open field, over 500 to be sentenced

On May 31, the police of Hetao police station in the high tech Zone patrolled a vacant lot on Huihai Road, which had been planted with various crops by the local residents Police found that there was a lush roadside plants, green plants in full bloom with red flowers, very beautiful Police approached a look, was surprised: "this is not poppy chestnut?" The police counted about 200 Police visited some nearby people, no one knows who planted them here After hearing the report, the head of Hetao police station rushed to the scene to confirm that it was poppy plant, and then organized police to pull out all the poppy plants It is illegal to plant, manage or use opium poppy without permission According to the provisions of item 1, Article 71 of the law of the people's Republic of China on administrative penalties for public security, Whoever illegally cultivates less than 500 opium poppy plants or other small amount of original plants of drugs shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days and may also be fined not more than 3000 yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be detained for not more than 5 days or fined not more than 500 yuan However, those who uproot them before they are mature shall not be punished If the cultivation of more than 500 opium poppies constitutes the crime of illegally cultivating the original plants of drugs, it shall be punished in accordance with Article 351 of the criminal law: Whoever illegally cultivates the original plants of drugs such as opium poppy and marijuana shall be forcibly eradicated Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined （1） Growing more than 500 opium poppies but less than 3000 or a large number of other narcotic original plants; (2) planting opium poppies again after being dealt with by the public security organ; (3) refusing to uproot them Whoever illegally cultivates more than 3000 poppies or a large number of other narcotic original plants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined or be sentenced to confiscation of property.