Man in Dushanbe detained with 36 kg of hashish, opium and methamphetamine
Tajik police in Dushanbe detained a 37-year-old man from Sughd region who was attempting to sell more than 36 kilograms of drugs, including hashish, opium and methamphetamine. A criminal case was opened under Article 200, the illegal drug trafficking offence, and preliminary investigation is underway.
🇹🇯 Dushanbe, Ismoili Somoni district · Tajikistan
Arrested
1
Cannabis
36 kg
Agencies
Исмоили Сомони District Internal Affairs Department, Dushanbe Internal Affairs Department
Officers of the Ismoili Somoni District Department of Internal Affairs disrupted
large-scale drug trafficking as a result of operational measures.[1]A
37-year-old man from the Bobojon Gafurov district of the Sughd region, Ayzam
Akhmedov, was detained while attempting to sell drugs.[1]Police seized more
than 36 kilograms of drugs from the suspect, including hashish, opium and
methamphetamine.[2]
A criminal case was opened against the suspect under Article 200 of the Criminal
Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, which covers illegal trafficking of narcotic
substances.[1]Preliminary investigation is ongoing at the time of the report.[1]
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Handout photo of the detained man's drugs, including hashish, opium and methamphetamine, published with the Dushanbe police statement. Photo: Dushanbe Internal Affairs Department via АвестаPhoto details
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Source: АвестаSecond handout photo of the 36 kg drugs seized from the 37-year-old man in Dushanbe's Ismoili Somoni district. Photo: Dushanbe Internal Affairs Department via АвестаPhoto details
The weight of 36 kg is for all drugs combined, including hashish, opium and methamphetamine; the separate weight of the cannabis component (hashish and opium) is not stated, so kg_seized of 36 kg is an upper bound that includes methamphetamine.
The article gives no separate date for the detention; 25 August 2025 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
No trial outcome or sentence has been reported; the case was at the preliminary investigation stage when published.
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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.
