Balakan District Police found wild-growing cannabis in Hanifa village during the Interior Ministry’s “Hash-hash-2026” operation.[1][2]
APA reported that police destroyed 10,815 plants with a combined weight of 9,800 kg.[1] Operativmm.az gave the same count and weight, and said officers uprooted and incinerated the plants.[2]
APA attributed its account to the regional press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[1] Operativmm.az cited the Operative Information Center, which relayed the ministry’s report about the Balakan District Police operation.[2]
Operativmm.az describes Hash-hash as an annual, nationwide initiative against illegal narcotics cultivation and distribution; this report covers the discovery and destruction in Hanifa.[2] Its attached photograph shows cannabis plants burning in a field, consistent with the account of incineration.[2]
APA gives the combined weight as nine tonnes and 800 kilograms, while Operativmm.az expresses it as 9.8 tonnes.[1][2] Both reports describe the plants as wild-growing in Hanifa village territory rather than naming a managed plantation.[1][2]
