Officers of the Michurinsky intermunicipal police department summed up the annual complex preventive operation Mak-2026.[1] The operation aimed to identify and destroy illegal plantings of drugs of natural origin and to cut channels supplying drugs to the region.[1] Following the checks, 13 people were brought to administrative responsibility.[1] Police opened three criminal cases over cultivation and storage of the narcotic-containing cannabis plant and one case over sale of a potent substance.[1]
During the raids police seized more than 100 grams of plant-origin drugs and 2.5 grams of a potent substance from illegal circulation.[1] The operation found and destroyed 12 wild-cannabis sites with a combined area of more than 18,000 square metres.[1] Officers issued 10 orders to officials and members of the public to destroy narcotic-containing plants.[1] Officers checked all farm machinery and land plots for possible use in unlawfully growing prohibited crops.[1]
Headquarters staff member Anna Izmailova said officers conduct explanatory work aimed at preventing drug addiction and encouraging vigilance about unlawful cultivation of narcotic-containing plants.[1] Police asked people to report use, sale or cultivation of drugs to the Michurinsky duty unit or by calling 112.[1]
