87-year-old woman planted poppies to “cure chicken diarrhea”
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Pub Date:2021-05-20 08:50 Source:Global Times |
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Police officers visiting a village in East China's Anhui Province were
surprised to find a roadside farmland filled with poppy plants, local
news channel reported on Tuesday. After discovering this large
area of budding poppy seedlings, the police immediately approached the
owner of the farmland, an 87-year-old woman surnamed Zhang. She admitted
that she had planted the poppies in the field for her livestock. "I
heard people say that poppy leaves can cure diarrhea in chickens, so I
planted some poppies in my own farmland," explained Zhang. Zhang
was taken aback when the police informed her of the dangers and legal
consequences of growing poppy plants. The police brought the all 21
plants away to be destroyed. The case is currently being further
processed.
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