In Chirchiq, Tashkent region, officers detained a 17-year-old schoolboy as he received a parcel from Russia containing hashish.[1][2][3] The detained teenager was a minor born in 2009.[1] The operation was conducted by the Customs Committee’s anti-smuggling department together with State Security Service and Interior Ministry units as an internationally controlled delivery.[1][3] The Customs Committee opened a criminal case over the incident.[1][2][3]

The parcel was opened in the presence of witnesses, revealing the drug hidden in four tin cans.[1][2][3] The total mass of the hashish was 852.2 grams.[1][2][3] A later search of the teenager’s home found electronic scales, small zip-bags and adhesive tape that the committee said could have been used to portion and distribute drugs.[1][2][3] Officers seized those items as physical evidence.[1] The committee said the seized hashish amounted to more than 60,000 doses and valued it at almost 600,000 dollars on the black market.[1][2][3]

The outlet’s Uzbek edition confirms a 17-year-old pupil was caught in Chirchiq city, Tashkent region, while receiving a parcel from Russia with 852.2 grams of hashish.[4] The committee urged parents to pay closer attention to whom minors talk to on social networks and how they spend their free time.[1]