Buryatia burns 621 hectares of wild cannabis in Mak-2026
Police in Buryatia surveyed more than 1.237 million hectares during the second stage of operation Mak-2026 and found 254 patches of wild cannabis covering more than 745 hectares. By 28 August 621 hectares had been mown and burned, and about 17.8 kilograms of drugs were seized.
Police in Buryatia reported on 28 August 2026 the results of the second stage of Mak-2026, held from
12 to 21 August.[1][2]Officers surveyed more than 1.237 million hectares of land and found 254
patches of wild cannabis covering more than 745 hectares.[1][2]
Landowners received 180 orders to destroy the plants.[1][2]By the time of the reports 621 hectares
had been mown and burned.[2]Officers also seized about 17.8 kilograms of drugs, mostly marijuana
but also hashish, cannabis oil and synthetic methadone.[2]Thirty-eight people were made
administratively liable for using drugs without a medical prescription.[1][2]
Case data
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After an inspection in Starokulatkinsky District, Ulyanovsk Oblast, prosecutors found that unmanaged wild cannabis was growing in the Zelenovsky rural settlement and that nobody had cleared it. The district prosecutor filed a formal demand to remedy the violations, and the cannabis was then destroyed.
Police and military security officials used armoured vehicles to destroy one hectare of wild cannabis in Vostochny, Oktyabrsky district, Amur Oblast, during the Priamurye without drugs operation. Police said tracked vehicles grind plants with their roots to prevent regrowth, after a similar September operation destroyed three hectares near Yekaterinoslavka.
Rosselkhoznadzor inspectors found nine wild cannabis sites covering 2,699 square metres on farmland in five districts of Novosibirsk Oblast during 2026. Landholders were warned to destroy the plants and the findings were passed to the Interior Ministry, with no destruction or arrests reported.
Michurinsky police reported destroying 12 wild-cannabis sites covering more than 18,000 square metres during Operation Mak-2026 in Petrovsky district. Thirteen people were brought to administrative responsibility and four criminal cases were opened, including three involving cannabis cultivation or storage.
