Joint teams clear 195 acres of cannabis in Gulistan
A joint operation cleared 195 acres of cannabis in Gulistan tehsil, Qila Abdullah, on 24 October 2026. The article says the campaign total reached 1,141 acres, which does not reconcile with the previous reported total of 992 acres.
🇵🇰 Gulistan tehsil, Qila Abdullah district, Balochistan · Pakistan
District and excise officials said a joint operation cleared another 195 acres of cannabis in
Gulistan tehsil, Qila Abdullah district, on 24 October 2026.[1]Teams worked in Qadeel Segai
and Abdul Rehman Zai, with the assistant commissioner, police, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF),
Frontier Corps 77 Wing and excise officials taking part.[1]
Officials reported that hand crews cleared 92 acres, tractors cleared 62 acres and weed cutters
cleared 24 acres.[1]The article also says that on 17 acres the crop was cleared because of a
water shortage, though it does not clarify how this final area relates to the other methods.[1]The 195-acre operation is about 78.9 hectares; the article gives no plant count, crop
weight or value.[1]
Atemad reported that the Anti-Cannabis Campaign 2026 had cleared 1,141 acres in total and would
continue until cannabis cultivation was eliminated in the area.[1]The article does not name
anyone connected to the fields or report arrests.[1]
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Hazara Police recovered more than 100 kilograms of hashish during a 15-day division-wide crackdown targeting drug-trafficking networks. Regional Police Officer Jahanzaib Nazir Khan said the campaign also netted illegal weapons, dismantled vehicle-theft gangs and arrested hundreds of offenders.
Model Town police in Burewala arrested three suspects in separate operations, recovering 540 grammes of hashish from one of them plus liquor and a pistol from the others. Police registered separate cases against the three and began further legal proceedings.
Joint teams cleared 331 more acres of cannabis in Gulistan and Dobandi on 23 October 2026 under the Anti-Cannabis Campaign 2026, taking the district total to 992 acres. Police, the ANF, excise, the Frontier Corps and the district administration took part; no arrests were reported.