Noodles laced with opium 'to encourage return visits'

Restaurant owner hoped crushed poppy shells would leave diners addicted to his food

Opium poppy
(Image credit: Javed Tanveer/AFP)

The owner of a noodle shop in the northern Shaanxi province of China has been arrested after he was caught adding crushed poppy shells to his dishes.

Zhange confessed to buying 2kg of poppy shells – used to make opium – for £60 and putting them in the food in order to boost sales, the South China Morning Post reports.

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