Sheriff: $500M In Poppy Plants Seized

CLAREMONT, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say an acre of poppy plants used in producing opium has been seized in North Carolina.
Local news groups report the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office seized the field Tuesday. Authorities roughly estimate the value at $500 million, pending the plants’ weighing.
Sheriff Coy Reid says the plants were discovered behind a home by a narcotics investigator acting on a tip about something else. Reid says a person who answered the door said, “I gu