Police in Jambay District, Samarkand Region, found 2,160 cannabis bushes growing in a field at Almazar mahalla on 7 August 2021, alongside more than 500 dried bushes and about 100 grams of seeds. Officers detained the local farmer, who had planted, grown and sold the banned plant.
🇺🇿 Almazar mahalla, Jambay District, Samarkand Region · Uzbekistan
Law enforcement officers found a whole field of hemp in the Samarkand Region on 7 August 2021, in the Almazar mahalla of Jambay District.[1] They found 2,160 growing cannabis bushes, more than 500 dried hemp bushes and about 100 grams of seeds.[1]
The local farmer had planted, grown and sold the banned plant, and officers detained him.[1] Police said an investigation was under way.[1]
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