Afghan, 52, held in Dushanbe as 40.6 kg of hashish found in Khatlon cache
Tajik police detained a 52-year-old Afghan from Kabul in Dushanbe's Sino district on 29 May 2016 on suspicion of drug trafficking, the Interior Ministry said. Investigators found 40 kilograms 600 grams of hashish in a hidden cache in the Chubek jamoat of Hamadoni district, Khatlon, and police were still looking for his alleged accomplices.
Police in Dushanbe’s Sino district detained a 52-year-old Afghan man from Kabul,
temporarily living in the Tajik capital, on suspicion of involvement in illegal
drug trafficking.[1]The detention took place on 29 May 2016.[2]According
to the press centre of Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry, the detainee and his
accomplices had agreed in advance to bring the hashish across the state border.[1]They hid the load in a purpose-built cache in the Chubek jamoat of Hamadoni
district, Khatlon region; a jamoat is a local administrative unit.[3]
In a search of the cache, officers found and seized40 kilograms600 grams of
the narcotic substance hashish.[3]Police were still searching for the
suspected accomplices of the Afghan trafficker.[1]A criminal case was opened
over the incident.[1]Detained on suspicion of drug pushing, the man faced
criminal proceedings with an investigation under way.[2]The Tajik-language
account said officers continued search operations to find and detain the
suspect’s accomplices, with the investigation continuing.[3]
The Russian account says the smuggled quantity exceeded 40 kilograms of hashish
and reports the seizure only as over 40 kilograms.[1]The English account
likewise reported more than 40 kilograms of hashish smuggled into Tajikistan and
hidden in Chubek jamoat.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Tajikistan's Interior Ministry detained nine suspected members of a drug group and seized 24 kg of hashish from a cache in Matchinsky district. The ministry says the Afghan-sourced hashish was meant for onward smuggling abroad and alleges the group moved about 550-600 kg since 2025.
Police in Tajikistan's Asht district detained four people from an alleged transnational group and seized 6.5 kg of hashish. Investigators allege the drugs came from Afghanistan for transit abroad; the detainees remain in pretrial detention while the investigation continues.
Tajik authorities detained seven suspected members of two transnational groups accused of moving Afghan hashish, opium and methamphetamine through Dushanbe and Rasht district for domestic sale and export. The cannabis component is established as hashish in mixed parcels and packets, but only combined drug totals were published, so no cannabis-only weight is recorded.
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.
