Man, 21, held in Bokhtar with 29.56 kg of Afghan hashish
Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency detained a 21-year-old man in Bokhtar, Khatlon Region, as he met a buyer for 29 kg 560 g of hashish he had brought from the border area of the Jayhun district. A criminal case was opened under the article on drug trafficking in especially large amounts, and officers investigated.
🇹🇯 Bokhtar, Khatlon Region, Tajikistan
Arrested
1
Cannabis
29.56 kg
Agency
Агентство по контролю за наркотиками при Президенте Республики Таджикистан
Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency detained a 21-year-old resident of the Balkhi
district in the city of Bokhtar, Khatlon Region, during a special operation as
he met a buyer for a large batch of Afghan hashish.[1]
Officers seized29 kg560 g of hashish from the detainee, the agency’s press
centre said.[1]
The agency’s own English translation of its statement said more than 29 kg of
drugs were taken out of illegal circulation.[2]
At his first interrogation the detainee said he had bought the drugs in the
Jayhun district from an Afghan citizen and taken them to Bokhtar to sell on.[1]The agency said he met the Afghan citizen in the border zone of the Karadum
village in the Jayhun district and took 29 kg560 g of hashish for handing on to
another person.[3]
A criminal case was opened under part 4, point “d” of article 200 of
Tajikistan’s Criminal Code, which covers drugs in especially large amounts, and
an investigation was under way.[3]
Photos and video
Photo published with the Tajik drug control agency's statement on the detention in Bokhtar and the 29 kg 560 g hashish haul.Photo details
The drug control agency's statement dates the detention to 23 May 2021, while Asia-Plus and Khovar published on 1 June 2021 and give no separate event date; 23 May is used.
No figure for the street value of the hashish was published.
No court outcome or sentence was reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
The tracker records the single photo published with the agency's statement; the reports do not describe its contents.
The Afghan supplier and the prospective buyer were not detained or identified in the reports.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Агентство по контролю за наркотиками при Президенте Республики Таджикистан: The agency said its Khatlon regional unit made the detention after the man brought the drugs at night from the Jayhun district into Bokhtar.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in НИАТ «Ховар»: The state news agency Khovar reported the same seizure and case, citing the Khatlon regional drug control unit.
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