465,000 wild cannabis bushes destroyed in Tajikistan's Mak-2006 drive
Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency reported about 465,000 wild cannabis bushes destroyed in operation Mak-2006 during the first nine months of 2006. Its nine-month haul also included 235 kg of cannabis-group drugs within a 1,161-kg total seizure.
Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency seized about 1,160 kg of drugs, including more
than 405 kg of heroin, from illegal circulation in the first nine months of
2006.[1]Officers intercepted 98 cases of illegal trafficking in narcotic
drugs and psychotropic substances in that period.[1]The agency later broke
the 1,161-kg total down as 405 kg of heroin, 520 kg of raw opium and 235 kg of
cannabis-group drugs.[2]
During the year’s special operation Mak-2006, officers identified and destroyed
about 465,000 bushes of wild-growing cannabis.[1]Officers also seized three
explosive devices, 914 pieces of various ammunition and 14 firearms from
criminals.[1]
The agency said 40 joint operations with Tajik, CIS and Afghan security services
since the start of the year had seized more than a tonne of drugs, including 446
kg of heroin.[1]Its director Rustam Nazarov said the same nine-month result
covered 98 intercepted trafficking cases, 235 kg of cannabis-group drugs and
about 465,000 destroyed wild cannabis bushes.[2]
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The report uses the 3 October 2006 publication date for a nine-month enforcement period covering January to September 2006.
The two accounts differ slightly on totals, giving about 1,160 kg versus 1,161 kg overall and over one tonne versus 1,026 kg for the 40 joint operations.
No number of people arrested, charged or sentenced was published, only 98 intercepted trafficking cases.
No district, area in hectares or other location for the destroyed wild cannabis was published.
Only Asia-Plus reporting was found, with the second account being the same outlet's follow-up press-conference report.
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Tajikistan's Interior Ministry detained nine suspected members of a drug group and seized 24 kg of hashish from a cache in Matchinsky district. The ministry says the Afghan-sourced hashish was meant for onward smuggling abroad and alleges the group moved about 550-600 kg since 2025.
Police in Tajikistan's Mastchoh district destroyed more than 4,000 wild cannabis plants on vacant land in Buston, the Interior Ministry said. The plants weighed 48 kg, and the operation was part of the republican Poppy-2026 campaign under the country's 2021–2030 anti-drug strategy.
Police in Sughd destroyed about 400,000 wild hemp plants in Khujand, Asht and Bobojon Gafurov districts during operation «Мак-2012». Over the same period, officers in the region seized more than 113 kg of hashish and opened 98 criminal cases under Articles 200 and 201. The operation began on 20 May and was due to run until 30 November.
Police in Tajikistan's Sughd region destroyed 29,962 wild cannabis bushes at nine sites over five days during Operation Kuknor-2010, the regional police directorate reported on 21 June 2010. The largest stands, about 10,000 and 8,853 bushes, grew on farmland and in a city park.
