Law enforcement officers carried out operations in Tashkent, Fergana, Urgench and Akhangaran and seized more than 10 kilograms of hashish and opium, brought in particular from Tajikistan.[1] UzA, the national news agency, said the officers had stopped illegal trafficking of more than 10 kilograms of drugs.[2]
In Akhangaran, officers stopped a Lacetti driven by a 27-year-old resident of Kokand and found 4,986 grams of hashish in the cabin.[3] The car was stopped and searched in Akhangaran as it travelled from Tashkent toward Fergana.[3] His 37-year-old brother, previously convicted, was following in a Malibu, and both men were detained.[3] The brothers had bought the hashish from Tajik traffickers for 30,000 dollars, for delivery in Piskent district, and planned to resell it in Kokand.[3]
In Fergana, officers detained a 52-year-old resident of Fergana district, previously convicted of a drug offence, and found 987 grams of hashish in a toy box.[3] He had obtained the drugs from a 40-year-old resident of Margilan, who was also detained.[3] Officers found a further 1,980 grams of hashish and 941 grams of opium in that man’s Cobalt.[3] A pre-trial check found that a citizen of Tajikistan had earlier smuggled those drugs into Uzbekistan.[3]
In Urgench, in Khorezm region, a 43-year-old resident of Oltinsoy district in Surkhandarya planned to sell 501 grams of opium and 459 grams of hashish, brought from Tajikistan, for 7,800 dollars.[3] He was caught while taking a 3,000-dollar advance.[3] In Tashkent’s Yangihayot district, officers detained a 42-year-old resident of Yashnobod district, previously convicted in a drug case, and found 297 grams of hashish and 9 grams of opium in a suitcase of work tools.[3] The drugs found in these stops were seized under procedural rules.[1]
