Four held in Surkhandarya as 1.5 kg of hashish is seized
Uzbekistan's State Security Service reported three drug cases in Surkhandarya region, with four people detained in Denau and Termez. Officers found 998 g of hashish in a Denau flat and seized 491 g more in a controlled sale, while an Afghan national was held with 506 g of opium carried inside his body.
🇺🇿 Denau district and Termez, Surkhandarya region · Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s State Security Service reported stopping several cases of illegal
drug trafficking in Surkhandarya region.[1]Opium and hashish were seized and
several people were detained in operations in Denau and Termez.[1]
In Denau, officers searched the flat of a 46-year-old man who had previously
been convicted of drug trafficking.[1]In a second case in the same district,
two men born in 1986 and 1966, both previously punished for drug trafficking,
were detained as they tried to sell 491 g of hashish to a stand-in buyer for 85
million soums.[1]
The Termez case took place at the international trade centre by the border with
Afghanistan.[2]In Termez, an Afghan citizen born in 2003 was detained at the
city’s International Trade Center after bringing 506 g of opium into Uzbekistan.[1]He had swallowed four packets of the drug to hide them and then tried to
sell it for 2,500 dollars to an undercover officer, who caught him in the act.[1]The service said the man had used his own body to conceal and transport the
drugs.[1]
Criminal cases were opened on all three cases and investigative actions are
under way.[3]The detained men may face up to 15 years in prison.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
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The reports give no separate date for the three operations; 22 August 2026 is the date the State Security Service announced them.
UzDaily rounds the flat's contents to 1 kg of opium and 1 kg of hashish, while Zamon.uz and Repost.uz give the service's exact figures of 1 kg 7 g and 998 g; the exact figures are used here.
All four accounts reproduce the same State Security Service statement, so no independent reporting of the three cases was available.
The charges and the court outcome for the four detainees were not reported; the sources say only that criminal cases were opened and that up to 15 years in prison is possible.
No official value estimate for the seized drugs was published; the 85 million soums and the 2,500 dollars were the prices asked in the two controlled sales.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Zamon.uz: They found 1 kg 7 g of opium and 998 g of hashish in the flat, kept there for sale.
Left out agency types, as its quotation was not found in UzDaily.uz.
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Interior Ministry officers stopped a drug network in Tashkent's Yangihayot and Yashnabad districts and continued the raids in Kokand, seizing 55 grams, 430 grams and 1 kilogram of hashish. A criminal case was opened for dealing; the number of people held in Kokand was not stated.
Officers of the Interior Ministry and the State Security Service broke up a drug-selling network in Tashkent and Tashkent Region and detained five people, including a married couple caught with 50 packs of hashish. The operations seized 550 grams of hashish, 100 grams of mephedrone and two kilograms of opium extract, which the ministry described as about 26,300 single doses of drugs.
Officers detained a man in Altyaryk District, Ferghana Region, alleging he tried to sell 500 grams of hashish for US$4,000 to an undercover buyer. Forensic testing confirmed the substance was hashish, and a criminal case was opened as investigations continue.
