>Copter used for poppy hunt

北京啟動直升機查罌粟

Beijing police used a helicopter Saturday for the 1st time to hunt for opium poppies being grown in the city's suburbs, Xinhua reported. The helicopter hovered for an hour around the mountainous areas in Yanqing District and sent video images of the ground back to headquarters. The 1st hunt found no poppy plantations in the region and the police plan to scour several other remote areas over the next 2 weeks, an official said.(See photo)

新華社報道，13日，北京首次動用警用直升機在城郊踏查罌粟。直升機在延慶山區上空飛行約1小時，并將采集到的畫面傳送給地面指揮部。據悉，首次勘察并未發現種植罌粟痕跡，警方計劃未來2周在京郊區縣繼續進行勘察工作。(見圖)

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