Police burn 18.5 tonnes of wild cannabis across 33 hectares in Jalal-Abad
Police in Kyrgyzstan's Jalal-Abad region said on 27 August 2019 that their MAK-2019 anti-drug operation had mowed about 33 hectares of wild cannabis, including plots in Mailuu-Suu and four other districts, and burned about 18.5 tonnes of the drug.
Police in the Jalal-Abad region of Kyrgyzstan were destroying wild cannabis as part of the MAK-2019 anti-drugs operation, the regional police department said on 27 August 2019.[1][2]Officers had destroyed at least 1.3 tonnes of cannabis growing on two hectares of land, and mowed about one hectare of wild cannabis in Mailuu-Suu, after similar measures in the Toguz-Toro, Toktogul, Ala-Buka and Nooken districts.[1][2]
In total about 33 hectares had been mowed and about 18.5 tonnes of the drug burned, according to the police.[1][2]No suspects or arrests were named in the reports.[1][2]
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Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Area
33 ha
of it destroyed
18.5 t
Agency
Jalal-Abad regional police
Agency type
Police
Grown
Wild
Region
Jalal-Abad Region
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24.kg24.kgAbout 20 tons of wild cannabis burned down in Jalal-Abad region
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The reports give only the publication date, so the days on which each district's cannabis was mowed are not known.
The whole account rests on the regional police statement as carried by 24.kg, reprinted by FOR.kg.
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Kyrgyz police said they mowed and burned more than two tonnes of wild cannabis in Osh Region during the second stage of the Kara Kuurai operation, which ran from 3 to 8 August 2026. The reports say officers searched about three hectares and planned to continue checks for wild plants on land, fields and homesteads.
Police in Jumgal district, Naryn Region, burned about 2 tonnes of wild-growing cannabis in a destruction campaign reported on 16 July 2026. The regional police department said the plants were found on the district's territory; no arrests were reported.
Kemin District police cut and burned about 1 tonne of wild cannabis across 0.5 hectare in the Chon-Kemin rural district of Chüy Region on 13 July 2026. Kabar reported the work as part of the Chüy regional police’s “Cannabis-2026” campaign.
