Police destroyed about 1.7 tonnes of wild cannabis on 1.5 hectares at Zar-Tash and burned about 800 kilograms after checking 3 hectares at Kyrgyz-Kyshtak in Batken Region. The two reported quantities total about 2.5 tonnes across 4.5 hectares.
🇰🇬 Zar-Tash village and Kyrgyz-Kyshtak village, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
On 10 July 2026, reports described two wild-cannabis destruction operations in Batken Region.[1][2][3] At Zar-Tash, police checked 1.5 hectares and cut and burned about 1.7 tonnes; at Kyrgyz-Kyshtak in Kadamjay District, officers checked 3 hectares and burned about 800 kilograms.[1][2]
The reported quantities total about 2.5 tonnes across 4.5 hectares.[1] The operations were part of the wider southern Kyrgyzstan eradication work described in the reports.[1][3]
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