Yakutia police destroy eight tonnes of wild cannabis in Mak-2026 second stage
During the second stage of operation Mak-2026, Yakutia police found 37 wild-cannabis sites across ten districts, destroyed eight tonnes of plants on 14 hectares, opened nine linked criminal cases, and issued 24 orders for landowners to clear remaining patches.
🇷🇺 Sakha (Yakutia) · Russia
- Hectares
- 14
- Cannabis
- 8 t
Yakutia police reported the second stage of operation Mak-2026 on
29 September 2026, saying officers had found 37 wild-cannabis sites in
ten districts including Amginsky, Lensky and Namsky.[1] They destroyed
eight tonnes of wild cannabis covering 14 hectares.[1]
The republic Interior Ministry said investigators opened nine criminal
cases linked to natural-origin drugs during the stage and issued 24 orders
requiring the destruction of narcotic plants still growing on private land.[1]
360.ru quoted the same totals from the Yakutia police press office.[2]
Neither outlet named anyone arrested during the eradication work itself.[1][2]
Sources
- В Якутии уничтожили около 8 тонн дикорастущей конопли. ЯСИА, 29 September 2026. In Russian.
- Восемь тонн конопли уничтожили в Якутии. 360.ru, 29 September 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The release does not give calendar dates for field work within the second Mak-2026 stage, only the 29 September publication.
- No plant counts were published, only eight tonnes on 14 hectares across 37 sites in ten named districts.
- The same press text mentions a separate vehicle stop on the Lena federal highway with 800 grams of marijuana and powder packets; that stop is excluded here as a different event.
- YSIA and 360.ru both relay the regional Interior Ministry wording without independent witnesses.
- The release does not describe the destruction method used in the field.
