Two held with 470 g hashish in Bulakbashi district stop
Officers stopped a Nexia in Bulakbashi district and seized 470 grams of hashish from two passengers, which the State Security Service said had been smuggled from a neighbouring state. Criminal cases were opened and inquiries were continuing, while a separate 482-gram dried poppy find in Fergana district is excluded from cannabis figures.
🇺🇿 Bulakbashi district, Andijan region · Uzbekistan
Authorities recorded two illegal drug trafficking cases in Andijan and Fergana
regions.[1]Officers stopped a Nexia in Bulakbashi district and seized470
grams of hashish from two local residents aged 47 and 41.[1]The two men were
detained and said the hashish had been brought by contraband from a neighbouring
state.[2]Criminal cases were opened against those involved and investigative
actions were continuing.[3]
Another account identifies the two Nexia passengers as local residents born in
1978 and 1985.[2]In a separate case in Fergana district, officers found 482
grams of dried poppy in the home of a 58-year-old man.[1]The authorities
described the combined haul from the operations as about one kilogram of
prohibited substances.[1]The Fergana find was described as 482 grams of opium
poppy, koknori, kept dried.[3]
The Andijan operation was conducted as a joint operation by Border Troops with
the regional security department and regional police under preventive measures
called Safe and healthy country.[3]The Fergana house inspection was conducted
as a separate joint operation by Border Troops with the regional security
department and regional police administration.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
470 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Podrobno.uzpodrobno.uzRUПочти килограмм наркотиков изъяли сразу в двух областях Узбекистана
UPL.UZupl.uzRUГашиш и маковая солома: В Фергане и Андижане задержали трёх мужчин
Yuz.uzyuz.uzRUВ Андижанской и Ферганской областях задержали подозреваемых в хранении и контрабанде наркотиков
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The articles give no separate date for the stops and searches; 5 September 2026 is the publication date of the first reports and is used as the incident date.
The arrest figure of two covers only the Bulakbashi hashish passengers; a third man held over dried poppy in Fergana district is excluded from cannabis figures.
The 482 grams of dried poppy and the combined total of about one kilogram include non-cannabis substances and are excluded from the recorded 0.47 kg of cannabis.
No charges beyond opened criminal cases and no court outcome were reported; the investigation was still under way.
Only Russian-language press summaries of the State Security Service account were opened; the linked Telegram statement itself was not opened directly.
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