2026年7月3日(報道日)、菜園のケシ67本、年金受給者を捜査対象にJuly 3, 2026 (date of report) — 67 Poppies in a Garden Plot Put a Pensioner Under Investigation

In Aktobe, Kazakhstan, police found 67 poppy plants containing narcotic substances growing on a garden plot belonging to a 69-year-old pensioner.

Police opened an investigation on suspicion of illegal cultivation of plants containing narcotic or psychotropic substances and sent the seized plants for forensic examination.

In their statement, police said cultivation of narcotic-containing plants is strictly prohibited and that "not knowing" is not a valid legal excuse. The article records no comment or defense from the pensioner.