News about opium: events, facts and developments on tafs uz.
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According to UNODC, opium poppy cultivation areas in Afghanistan reached 43,000 hectares in 2026, up from 10,000 in 2025, while opium production grew fivefold to 1,500 tonnes. Farmers cite poverty and the lack of alternative incomes as the reason.
Otabek YusupovThe 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 AzamovaThe 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.
Otabek YusupovIn Samarkand, a woman attempting to sell a narcotic substance, her three sons and her son-in-law were detained. They attacked customers with bladed weapons, inflicting serious bodily injuries on three people. In total, more than 2 kilograms of opium's illegal circulation was stopped in Samarkand and Fergana.
Aziz Karimov
