News:2023-09-11/Eradication/police-mow-a-five-kilometre-field-of-wild-hemp-in-zaysan-district-east-kazakhstan-region-and-burn-2-5-tonnes

NewsEradication11 September 2023

Police mow a five-kilometre field of wild hemp in Zaysan District, East Kazakhstan Region, and burn 2.5 tonnes

Kazpravda reported, citing the East Kazakhstan Region police department, that during the Karasora-2023 preventive operation police first noticed wild hemp from a helicopter and found on the ground that plants taller than a person occupied a five-kilometre field in Zaysan District. Officers cut it with a hay-mower, gathered the cut plants into stacks weighing 2.5 tonnes in total and burned them in the presence of National Security Committee representatives.

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PlaceZaysan DistrictEast Kazakhstan RegionKazakhstan

AgencyEast Kazakhstan Region police department

Approximate location47.47, 84.87

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2023-09-11 Eradication Police mow a five-kilometre field of wild hemp in Zaysan District, East Kazakhstan Region, and burn 2.5 tonnes Kazpravda reported, citing the East Kazakhstan Region police department, that during the Karasora-2023 preventive operation police first noticed wild hemp from a helicopter and found on the ground that plants taller than a person occupied a five-kilometre field in Zaysan District. Officers cut it with a hay-mower, gathered the cut plants into stacks weighing 2.5 tonnes in total and burned them in the presence of National Security Committee representatives. https://kazpravda.kz/n/borba-s-urozhaem/ Kazakhstan East Kazakhstan Region Zaysan District 47° 28' 12.00" N, 84° 52' 12.00" E administrative seat East Kazakhstan Region police department