News:2023-10-09/Eradication/interior-ministry-reports-65-cultivated-cannabis-plantations-eliminated-in-kyzylorda-turkestan-and-alatau-regi

NewsEradication9 October 2023

Interior Ministry reports 65 cultivated cannabis plantations eliminated in Kyzylorda, Turkestan and Alatau regions in Karasora-2023

Zakon.kz reported, citing the Interior Ministry, that police found and eliminated 65 plantations of cultivated cannabis in the Kyzylorda, Turkestan and Alatau regions, with a total area of more than 10 hectares. More than 70,000 bushes weighing over 20 tonnes were seized and destroyed. The ministry said the Karasora operation runs every year from June to October, that satellite imagery gave police 60 coordinates of possible plantations, and that helicopters of the National Guard covered more than 150,000 sq km.

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PlaceKazakhstan

AgencyInterior Ministry of Kazakhstan

Plants eradicated70,000

Hectares10

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2023-10-09 Eradication Interior Ministry reports 65 cultivated cannabis plantations eliminated in Kyzylorda, Turkestan and Alatau regions in Karasora-2023 Zakon.kz reported, citing the Interior Ministry, that police found and eliminated 65 plantations of cultivated cannabis in the Kyzylorda, Turkestan and Alatau regions, with a total area of more than 10 hectares. More than 70,000 bushes weighing over 20 tonnes were seized and destroyed. The ministry said the Karasora operation runs every year from June to October, that satellite imagery gave police 60 coordinates of possible plantations, and that helicopters of the National Guard covered more than 150,000 sq km. https://www.zakon.kz/proisshestviia/6409677-so-sputnika-snyali-plantatsii-konopli-v-kazakhstane.html Kazakhstan Interior Ministry of Kazakhstan 10 70000