Police said more than two tonnes of wild-growing cannabis were destroyed in Osh Region during the second stage of the Kara Kuurai operation.[1][2] The five-day phase ran from 3 to 8 August 2026, and the plants were mowed and burned.[1][2] The regional anti-drug unit worked with officers from Aravan and Uzgen districts, according to the report republished by FOR.kg.[1]

Police said they found the plants across land covering about three hectares.[1][2] The Kyrgyz-language account describes this as the total area checked, rather than a measured cannabis-growing area.[2] The more-than-two-tonne figure is the reported combined mass; neither report gives a count of plants or splits the weight by district.[1][2]

The regional police said inspections would continue after the second stage.[1][2] Officers planned to look for further illegal plantings and check land, fields and household yards where owners had not removed wild-growing cannabis.[1][2] The reports do not name any growers, arrests or individual plots.[1][2]