22,487 wild cannabis plants destroyed in one day across Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said police destroyed 22,487 wild cannabis plants weighing 11.77 tonnes on 10 July 2026, without naming any district. The same day's operations took more than 33 kg of marijuana out of circulation, alongside heroin and methamphetamine in a seizure the ministry put at more than 36 kg in total.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (nationwide police operations; the Interior Ministry named no districts) · Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry said that on 10 July 2026 police found and
destroyed 22,487 wild cannabis plants.[1]The destroyed plants weighed 11
tonnes and 770 kilograms by the ministry’s account.[2]In the same day’s
operations police took more than 33 kilograms of marijuana out of illegal
circulation.[2]
1news.az, quoting the ministry, likewise put the marijuana at more than 33
kilograms of the drugs seized.[3]The ministry put the rest of the haul at
about 2 kilograms of heroin and about 400 grams of methamphetamine.[4]Report.az gave the day’s whole seizure as more than 36 kilograms of narcotic
substances across Azerbaijan.[2]1news.az reported that the plant destruction
came on top of that 36-kilogram haul.[3]
The ministry said such operations were continuing.[1]
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Wrapped and labelled drug packages photographed for the Report.az story on the 10 July 2026 nationwide roundup of seizures and plant destruction. Photo: Report.azPhoto details
Azerbaijan's State Security Service detained two Azerbaijani citizens as they collected a drone-delivered drug consignment near the Jabrayil refugee settlement in Bilasuvar District, and said it seized 14 kg 158 g of marijuana from them. The service said an Iranian national organised the smuggling run, and a criminal case was opened.
Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said police found and destroyed 17,782 wild-growing cannabis plants weighing four tonnes in operations on 24 July 2026, without naming a district. One outlet quoting the same ministry press service gave a larger daily figure, 28,074 plants weighing more than 19.8 tonnes, and the ministry's 45.3 kg of drugs seized in the period was not broken down by substance.
Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said police destroyed 41,622 wild-growing cannabis plants weighing 12.1 tonnes on 26 June 2026, without naming any district. The same day's operations seized about 34.2 kg of narcotic substances; the ministry gave no breakdown by substance, so no cannabis weight is recorded from that haul.
Azerbaijan's Balakan District Police destroyed 10,815 wild cannabis plants weighing 9,800 kg in Hanifa village. The Interior Ministry attributed the operation to its Hash-hash-2026 campaign; both reports were published on 12 June 2026.
