Police destroy 50 hectares of wild cannabis found by Rosselkhoznadzor
Inspectors found wild cannabis over about 50 hectares in the Marksovsky, Balakovsky and Pugachevsky districts of Saratov Oblast between May and July 2026. The regional police told the agricultural watchdog on 9 October that the patches had been destroyed.
🇷🇺 Marksovsky, Balakovsky and Pugachevsky districts, Saratov Oblast · Russia
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Inspectors of Rosselkhoznadzor, the federal agricultural and phytosanitary watchdog, found wild
cannabis over about 50 hectares in the Marksovsky, Balakovsky and Pugachevsky districts of Saratov
Oblast between May and July 2026.[1][2]
The information was passed to the regional police headquarters.[1]On 9 October 2026 the watchdog
received confirmation from the police that the patches had been destroyed.[1]Sarnovosti reported
the same figure and said the plants had been found in May and June.[2]
Wild cannabis growing in one of the three Saratov Oblast districts. Photo: Rosselkhoznadzor for Saratov, Samara and Penza Oblasts. Source: SarnovostiA field overgrown with wild cannabis in Saratov Oblast. Photo: Rosselkhoznadzor for Saratov, Samara and Penza Oblasts. Source: Sarnovosti
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