New Mexico Police Raid Pot Farm, Find Poppies
United Press International
CUBA, N.M. — State police who raided a Rocky Mountain marijuana farm said they also stumbled onto a fledgling “plantation†of 1,300 opium-producing poppies. Authorities found the illegal flowers Tuesday after arresting a man suspected of growing about 750 marijuana plants.
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