Akto
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| Akto | |
|---|---|
| Aketao (阿克陶) | |
| ActiveRecorded as grown here since 2000 | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Southern Xinjiang |
| Geography | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates | 39.15, 75.95 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 740 km² |
| Terrain | The oasis strip round Akto town and Yumai on the western edge of the Tarim Basin, in Akto County |
| Climate | |
| Climate Type | Arid |
| Growing history | |
| Dated news reports | 2024 |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 0 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Akto is a cannabis growing area of the oasis strip of Akto County (阿克陶县), in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang, China. It is part of the Southern Xinjiang growing region and adjoins the Kashgar growing area. In April 2024 the county's narcotics control office said that offenders in Akto had interplanted cannabis among field crops year after year to hide it.[1]
Before 2000
In a forensic study published in 1992, Zhang Fengying of the Xinjiang Institute of Criminal Science and He Pingwen of the Beijing Institute of Criminal Science analysed cannabis from nine places of production in southern Xinjiang, Akto among them.[2]: 1
Since 2000
On 31 December 2023 the Akto County public security bureau dealt with a case of illegal growing of drug plants. Police arrested a man the next day after a five-hour watch on his home and found several packets of cannabis hidden in the feed heap of his cattle pen, 627 g in all. He told them that he had obtained cannabis plants by chance and then begun growing them in his own courtyard.[3]
On 24 July 2024 a resident told the Yumai (玉麦) police station of the county that he had found cannabis growing in his maize field. Police confirmed one planted cannabis plant there and found two more in two other maize fields, and uprooted all three.[4] In September 2024, acting on a report from the public, the county police uprooted 11 cannabis plants that a man was growing at home and found cannabis seed wrapped in newspaper.[5]
Appellations
No appellation pages exist for this growing area yet.
Accessions
No accessions documented yet.
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References
- ↑ 克州阿克陶县禁毒办 (17 April 2024). 春暖花开季，踏查宣传齐发力 [Spring survey and publicity against drug plants]. 环球选优 (in 中文). Retrieved 20 October 2026 – via 网易号.
- ↑ 张凤英; 何萍雯 (1992). GC和GC/MS对新疆不同产地大麻成分的分析研究 [GC and GC/MS analysis of the constituents of cannabis from different places of production in Xinjiang] (PDF). 质谱学报 [Journal of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society] (in 中文). 13 (3): 1–6. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 阿克陶县公安 (3 January 2024). 牛圈里藏毒，民警蹲守5小时抓获瘾君子 [Drugs hidden in a cattle pen: police catch a user after a five-hour watch]. 阿克陶县公安 (in 中文) – via WeChat.
- ↑ 克州网警 (25 July 2024). 「夏季行动」阿克陶公安铲除大麻原植物3株 [Summer campaign: Akto police uproot three cannabis plants]. 百家号 (in 中文). Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ star星视频 (10 September 2024). 男子为省钱吸毒，在家种大麻自制工具“自产自吸”，警方捣毁抓人 [Man grows cannabis at home to save money on drugs; police break it up and arrest him]. Bilibili (in 中文). Retrieved 20 October 2026.