Wild cannabis destroyed in Ulyanovsk Oblast after prosecutor's order
After an inspection in Starokulatkinsky District, Ulyanovsk Oblast, prosecutors found that unmanaged wild cannabis was growing in the Zelenovsky rural settlement and that nobody had cleared it. The district prosecutor filed a formal demand to remedy the violations, and the cannabis was then destroyed.
🇷🇺 Zelenovsky rural settlement, Starokulatkinsky District, Ulyanovsk Oblast · Russia
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Prosecutors in Starokulatkinsky District, Ulyanovsk Oblast, found that wild
cannabis patches in the Zelenovsky rural settlement had not been cleared and
moved to have them destroyed.[1][2]
During an inspection, the prosecutor’s office found that the officials
responsible had not taken the measures needed to identify and destroy
drug-containing plants.[1][2][3]The prosecutor’s office said the uncut cannabis
created the conditions for people to acquire marijuana illegally.[1][2]
The district prosecutor filed a formal demand to remedy the violations, and the
cannabis was destroyed after that.[1][2]
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