MS residents receiving strange seed from China

Mississppians are reporting deliveries of suspicious packages of seeds delivered to thier homes from China.

16 WAPT's Troy Johnson spoke to a Simpson county woman who says she received the strange seeds.

TWO PACKAGES FROM MAINLANDCHINA...WITH ALL THAT WE'RE DEALING WITHIN THEMIDST OF THE PANDEMIC, SHE SAYSSHE WANTSPEOPLE TO BE AWARE, AND SHETELLS ME WHATSHE'S DONE WITH THE SEEDS... SIMPSON COUNTY RESIDENT WHOWANTSTO BE KNOWN BY LISA SAYS SHERECEIVED A WHITE PLASTIC PACKAGEIN THE MAIL FROM CHINAABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO...SHE SAYS SHE DOES A GOOD BIT OFONLINESHOPPING, AND WAS A BIT CONFUSEDAT FIRST...SOTLISA6591640011:29-1:38SO WHEN I RECIEVED THIS I JUSTTHOUGHT, WELL MAYBE IT'SJUST SOMETHING EXTRA FROMAMAZON, BUT IT JUST KINDASEEMED FISHY TO MEGRAPHIC: MYSTERIOUS SEEDS INMISSISSIPPI MAP OF CHINACITY OF SHUZHOU, JIANGSUPROVINCETHE PACKAGE MAILED FROM JIANGSUOF EAST CHINA SAID THAT INSIDEWAS ANECKLACE...BUT INSTEAD, LISASAYS SEEDS WERE INSIDE A CLEARPLASTIC ZIPLOCK BAG, LABELEDTOMATO...SOTLISA6591640017:26-7:39UH, THE TOMATO SEEDS LOOK LIKETOMATO SEEDS...AND UTHEY DO LOOK LIKE TOMATO SEEDS.BUT WHO'S TO SAY WHAT THEY MIGHTWOULD'VE SOAKED INTO THEM.

YAKNOW?LISA SAYS A FRIEND TOLD HER THATSHE HEARDPEOPLE ACROSS THE US HAVE BEENRECEIVING PACKAGES OF SEEDS,LABLELED AS JEWLERY,BUT SHE HAD PUT HER PACKAGE AWAYANDFORGOTTEN ABOUT IT...UNTIL SHE RECIEVED SOME MOREMAILTODAY...SOTLISA6591640012:31-2:48THERE WERE SOME SEEDS IN THEMAILBOX.

AND SO, I TOOK APICTUREIT, AND SHOWED IT TO MY FRIEND.ISAID THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEYSENT TO ME BEFORE.

THAT, IDIDN'T...SHE SAID, I WOULDN'TOPENTHATLISA DIDN'T OPEN IT...INSTEADSHE CALLTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE...THEY ARE PLANNING TO PICK UP THESEEDSTUESDAY MORNING...THESEMYSTERIOUS PACKAGES HAVEALSOCAUGHT THE EYE OF STATEAGRICULTURECOMMISSIONER ANDY GIPSON...TAKING TO FACEBOOK, THECOMMISSONERCALLING THEM MYSTERIOUS SEEDSFROM CHINA...GRAPHIC: MYSTERIOUS SEEDS INMISSISSIPPIFACEBOOK: SEVERAL STATES IN THESOUTHEAST HAVE REPORTED THEARRIVAL OF UNWANTED SEEDS ANDOTHER GOODS FROM A CHINA SOURCE.OUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED CONTACTFROM A FEW MISSISSIPPIANSREPORTING THE ARRIVAL OFUNIDENTIFIED SEEDS.IF YOU RECEIVE SEEDS FROM CHINA,DO NOTPLANT THEM.

AND DON'T THROW THEMIN THE TRASH.HE SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS HEARDFROM A FEW MISSISSIPPIANSREPORTING THEY'VE RECIEVEDUNIDENTIFIED SEEDS.GIBSON SAYS IN HIS POST, IF YOURECEIVESEEDS FROM CHINA, DO NOT PLANTTHEM.

AND DON'T THROW THEM INTHE TRASH... SOTLISA6591640016:12-6:17THEY NEED TO TEST THOSESEEDS...IS WHAT I THINK.

THEYNEED TO TEST THOSE SEEDS TO SEEIF THERE'S ANY KIND OF CHEMICALSON EMBUTT THESE SOTS TOGETHER SOTLISA6591640018:27-8:32I MEAN C'MON...THAT'S REALLYWEIRD.

LAUGHS...WE ALL KNOW THAT COMMISSONER GIPSON SAYS IFYOU'VE RECIEVED ANY OF THESESEEDS, CONTACT THE BUREAU OFPLANT INDUSTRY OFFICE AT662-325-3390...HIS OFFICE SAYS THEY ARECURRENTLYWORKING ON PROTOCOLS TO DEALWITH THOSE MYSTERIOUS SEEDSFROM CHINA...REPORTING FROM HOME TONIGHT,TROYJOHNSON...16 WAPT NEWS AT 10... STATE LEADERS CHALLENGING THELEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA INMISSIS