41,622 wild cannabis plants destroyed across Azerbaijan in one day
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 (nationwide police operations; the Interior Ministry named no districts) · Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan on 26 June, more than 34 kg of narcotic substances were taken.[1]The Interior Ministry reported the seizure to the outlet.[1]During
operational measures, police discovered and seized about 34.2 kg of narcotic
substances.[1]Officers also found and destroyed 41,622 wild-growing cannabis
bushes with a combined weight of 12.1 tonnes.[1]
Report.az reported the same seizure of about 34.2 kg of narcotic substances.[2]Report.az reported the same destruction of 41,622 wild cannabis bushes
weighing 12.1 tonnes.[2]Sputnik Azerbaijan placed the seizure of about 34.2
kg of narcotic substances on the territory of Azerbaijan and attributed the
account to Report with reference to the republic’s Interior Ministry.[3]Sputnik Azerbaijan gave the associated plant destruction as 41,622 wild cannabis
bushes with a combined weight of 12.1 tonnes.[3]
The destruction of the bushes was reported in addition to the drug seizure.[2]The ministry account called the plants dikorastushchikh kusta konopli,
wild-growing cannabis bushes.[1]
Case data
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The ministry named no districts, villages or sites where the plants were found, so the operations can only be placed at the level of Azerbaijan.
The 12.1 tonnes is the stated combined weight of the uprooted wild plants, not dried cannabis or resin, and is therefore not recorded as kilograms seized.
The 34.2 kg haul was described only as narcotic substances with no breakdown by substance, so no cannabis portion can be established and none is recorded as kilograms seized.
The accounts report no number of operations, no area cleared, no arrests, suspects, charges, values or court outcomes.
The accounts give the day as 26 June and were published on 27 June 2026, so 2026 is used as the year.
All three outlets reproduce the same Interior Ministry statement, so there is a single primary account of the event.
Sputnik also recalls a separate January-May 2026 national tally of 4.263 tonnes of narcotics and psychotropic substances, which is statistics left out of this single-day report.
The text gives a weight ("34.2 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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