The police have found poppy plants in the garden of a 62-year-old inhabitant of Băcioi village, near Chisinau.

He could not produce an answer why he cultivated those about 2,000 plants hidden the vines in his vineyard.  

The police plucked off and destroyed the poppy plants. The owner is probed and, if found guilty, he will be fined or will work 100 hours for the community.