{"id":14439,"date":"2025-10-16T03:29:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=14439"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:21:47","slug":"edmonton-cops-seize-60000-opium-poppies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=14439","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton cops seize 60,000 opium poppies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-092606.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"330\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-092606.png 778w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-092606-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-092606-768x326.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><br \/>\nCops have charged four after 60,000 opium poppy plants were found growing in a field behind a home on the northeast edge of Edmonton. Police believe the bust in July is the second-largest in Canadian history.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9rXR12VPIG4?si=QMvMV80O0qI64hYY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nNailed are Sukhdeep Dhanoa, 42, Sandeep Dandiwal, 33, Gurpreet Singh, 30, and Kulwinder Singh, 40. They are each charged with producing a controlled substance. Police also found additional poppy seeds and evidence the pink flowering crop was being turned into doda. Doda tea is highly addictive and illegal in Canada. It contains opium alkaloids, including morphine and codeine, and in high enough doses can be toxic. Commonly known as the opium poppy or breadseed poppy, the papaver somniferum plants require special care and take months to grow.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pood.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nThe plants, with an estimated value of up to $500k, have been destroyed.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-092824.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-092824.png 786w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-092824-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-092824-768x359.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cops have charged four after 60,000 opium poppy plants were found growing in a field behind a home on the northeast edge of Edmonton. Police believe the bust in July is the second-largest in Canadian history. Nailed are Sukhdeep Dhanoa, 42, Sandeep Dandiwal, 33, Gurpreet Singh, 30, and Kulwinder Singh, 40. 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