Story highlights 2,000 pounds of poppies were found on the man's land, authorities say

Investigators say they also found fighting chickens on the property

(CNN) When drug task force investigators went to a rural home in North Carolina earlier this week, they were checking out a report of possible marijuana growing.

But when a man answered the door, he offered: "I guess you're here for the opium."

And it wasn't just a few plants.

There were 2,000 pounds of poppies on a half-acre of land near Claremont, about an hour's drive north of Charlotte.

Cody Xiong, 37, was arrested after investigators consulted with agricultural experts about what kind of plants they had discovered.

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