16,500 wild cannabis plants destroyed; 6.6 kg marijuana seized in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan police seized more than 10.6 kg of drugs on 29 July 2026, including about 6.6 kg of marijuana and more than 4 kg of methamphetamine, the Interior Ministry said. Police also found and destroyed 16,500 wild-growing cannabis plants; only the marijuana weight is counted as cannabis.
On 29 July 2026, police in Azerbaijan removed more than 10.6 kilograms of
narcotic drugs from illegal circulation during operational measures, according
to the Interior Ministry.[1]The ministry’s breakdown put marijuana at about
6.6 kilograms and methamphetamine at more than 4 kilograms, making the reported
total a mixed-drug seizure rather than 10.6 kilograms of cannabis.[1]Only the
approximately 6.6 kilograms of marijuana is recorded as cannabis by weight; the
methamphetamine is excluded from the cannabis figure.[1]
Separately, police found and destroyed 16,500 wild-growing cannabis plants
during measures on the same date.[2]The Interior Ministry also recorded 14
drug-related offenses detected on 29 July, as a same-day result alongside the
seizure and plant-destruction figures.[1]The wild-plant eradication was
reported separately from the drug seizure and as a count of plants, not an
additional drug weight.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
16,500
Cannabis
6.6 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Cultivation
Grown
Wild
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
1news.az1news.azRUВ Азербайджане из незаконного оборота изъяли более 10 кг наркотиков
The marijuana weight is approximate, while the combined drug total includes more than 4 kg of methamphetamine and is not a cannabis-only figure.
The Interior Ministry did not identify the districts or specific sites where the marijuana was seized or plants destroyed.
No area or weight for the destroyed plants, or cannabis-related arrests, charges or court outcomes, is given in the opened accounts.
Sputnik's account repeats figures attributed to the Interior Ministry rather than providing an independently sourced investigation.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in 1news.az: The ministry said its measures to combat illegal drug circulation were continuing after the 29 July operation.
Between January and September 2026 Azerbaijan seized 8.4 tonnes of drugs, including 7,236 kg of marijuana, 253 kg of hashish and 21,355 cannabis plants, the State Commission reported. Police detected 6,247 drug cases and held 4,352 people criminally liable, while the Interior Ministry put its own nine-month seizures at 6,443 kg.
Charged 4,352Plants destroyed 21,355Cannabis 7.49053271 t
Customs officers at South Astara found 97.685 kilograms of cannabis in 90 packages hidden under lettuce on a truck travelling from Iran to Russia. A customs dog indicated the pallet during an inspection, and the State Customs Committee reported that an investigation was under way.
In January–August 2026 the authorities recorded 5,561 drug crimes and seized 6,994.958 kg of narcotics and psychotropic substances, valued at 208.47 million manat, the State Commission for Combating Drug Addiction reported. Marijuana accounted for 5,928.805 kg and hashish for 247.630 kg, and officers also took 17,372 cannabis plants out of circulation.
Officers at the Bilasuvar customs post found 25 kg 570 g of dried marijuana in 80 packages hidden in the pallets of a lorry carrying onions from Iran to Russia via Azerbaijan. The State Customs Committee said an investigation was under way, and no arrest was reported.
