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MIA and State Security Service officers carried out a series of operations in Tashkent's Yangihayot and Almazar districts: three people were detained selling 672 units of the drug Regapen for $4,000, and two brothers were caught making drugs in an old wedding hall. Criminal cases have been opened.
Aziz KarimovLaw enforcement operations in Tashkent and the Fergana region ended with three drug trafficking cases: hashish oil in the Yunusabad district and two incidents involving smuggled hashish in the Fergana region. In total, more than 5 kg of substances were seized.
Sevara AzamovaOfficers of the State Security Service for Samarkand region prevented smuggling: a citizen of a Persian Gulf country brought 20 kg 239 g of opium into the country in a Renault truck, hiding the drug in a secret compartment and inside two batteries. A criminal case has been opened under Articles 246 and 273 of the Criminal Code.
Javlon TursunovTaxi driver Anton Koryukin has been trying to prove his innocence since 2018: he was charged over drugs from a backpack that all passengers refused to claim. In 2022, a passenger admitted owning the drugs, which was confirmed by a forensic examination, but no case was opened against him.
Aziz KarimovThe St Petersburg City Court sentenced Alexei Ivanov to seven years in prison for drug trafficking via the internet. According to the joint press service of the city's courts, he packaged drugs in the form of confectionery items and prepared stashes, acting in collusion with an unidentified person.
Javlon TursunovOfficers of the Border Troops of the State Security Service, the SSS department for Andijan region and the regional internal affairs department detained two residents of a district of the region while selling 1 kg 971 g of hashish to a conditional buyer for 18 thousand dollars. The detainees resisted. A case was opened under Article 273 of the Criminal Code, and pre-trial detention was applied as a measure of restraint.
Javlon TursunovThe SGB and the Customs Committee of Uzbekistan uncovered an underground drug lab in an apartment of a multi-story building in Bukhara. Two residents of Jondor district, aged 27 and 29, were detained; they worked for an online drug store. 6.65 kg of 'spice' was seized, plus another 4.2 kg in caches in Kagan — over 10.8 kg in total. A criminal case has been opened.
Sevara AzamovaLithuanian police discovered a large synthetic drug production laboratory near Vilnius, which, according to the investigation, was run by a Dutch citizen of Turkish origin. Seized were more than 500 kg of methamphetamine, over 300 kg of amphetamine, about 4.5 kg of 3-CMC and more than 3,000 liters of the precursor BMK — over 4 million doses in total.
Sevara AzamovaThe State Security Service, together with customs authorities and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, carried out operations in the Samarkand and Khorezm regions. In the Urgut district, opium weighing 4 kg 988 g was found buried in the yard of a citizen born in 1973. At the
Sevara AzamovaOfficers of the State Security Service department for Tashkent, together with the capital's Main Department of Internal Affairs, carried out an operation against illegal drug trafficking. On a land plot in Qibray district, leased by a previously convicted citizen born in 1986, two containers were found holding 7 kg of marijuana, an IZH-38 air rifle and three 12 mm cartridges. The seized items were registered as material evidence; a pre-investigation check is underway.
Otabek YusupovThe President of Uzbekistan signed a law strengthening the protection of children from violence. Involving minors in alcohol use carries up to 5 years, drugs — 5 to 7 years, and up to 10 years with aggravating circumstances. The law also provides for up to 25 years or life imprisonment for sexual violence against children under 14.
Otabek YusupovOfficers of the Tashkent Region Police Department and Nurafshan Police, together with the Cybercrime Fighting Department, stopped a Nexia 3 in the Bektemir district of Tashkent and found eight packages of hashish weighing 100–150 grams each hidden in a passenger's baby doll. According to the MVD, 56-year-old G.A. was transporting drugs from Ferghana Region for sale; in an MVD video she said an acquaintance had promised her $200 for delivering the packages. A criminal case has been opened under Part 6 of Article 273 of the Criminal Code.
Otabek YusupovOfficers of the Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, together with the State Security Service and internal affairs bodies, detained a person at a hotel in the Yashnabad (Yakkasaray) district of Tashkent who was attempting to sell more than 1.2 kg of hashish. He had previously been convicted of similar crimes. A criminal case has been opened.
Javlon TursunovIn the Tashkent region, a large drug crime group consisting of members of a transnational criminal community was detained while attempting to smuggle drugs from a neighboring republic. The group's leader, previously convicted, was caught red-handed during the seizure of 13 kg of hashish from a stash. In the Buka district, a drug dealer was detained while selling 2 kg of opium for $20,000. The total weight of seized drugs is equivalent to 75,000 single doses; criminal cases have been opened.
Javlon TursunovSpecial services of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, in a joint operation, curbed the activities of an international group smuggling drugs from Afghanistan via the 'Northern Route'. Two participants were detained in Tyumen, and 30 kg of Afghan hashish worth about 300 thousand dollars was seized.
Aziz KarimovShavkat Mirziyoyev signed a law amending the Criminal Code: for involving minors in drug use, the term has been increased from 3–5 to 5–7 years, and up to 10 years with aggravating circumstances. Fines and penalties for involving children in alcohol and other substances have also been raised.
Otabek YusupovOfficers of the State Security Service and the Internal Affairs Directorate of Syrdarya region discovered a drug laboratory in a private house in Gulistan. Three local residents born in 2003 and 2005 are suspected of processing and selling potent substances. A criminal case has been opened and the suspects have been taken into custody.
Otabek YusupovThe State Security Service of Uzbekistan reported the detention of two citizens of a neighboring state who attempted to sell 2.18 kg of opium for 20 thousand dollars to a conditional buyer. According to the agency, the men, aged 54 and 50, illegally brought the drug into the country by roundabout routes. A criminal case has been opened and an investigation is underway. The citizenship of the detainees is not disclosed.
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