More than 56 thousand wild cannabis bushes were destroyed in Primorye.

As part of the interdepartmental integrated operational and preventive operation "Mac-2025" in the villages of Elite and Rakovka of the Ussuriysky city district, police officers destroyed more than 56 thousand bushes of wild cannabis. This was announced on August 7 by the Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Primorsky Territory in its Telegram channel.

"Employees of the drug trafficking control unit of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Ussuriysk <... Two pockets of wild cannabis were identified, with a total area of 3,400 square meters. m. More than 56 thousand bushes of narcotic plants were mowed down and destroyed by burning," the report said.

The ministry noted that if you find pockets of drug-containing plants, as well as facts of illegal cultivation of poppy and cannabis, you should contact the police.

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Earlier, on August 5, more than 3,500 wild cannabis bushes were destroyed in the Komsomolsk and Nikolaevsky districts of the Khabarovsk Territory. It is noted that 659 bushes weighing 198 kg were burned in Komsomolsk district. 3129 cannabis bushes with a total weight of 94 kg were destroyed in Mykolaiv district.

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