28-year-old man detained in Kanibadam with hashish bag in 2014
During a two-phase operation in Kanibadam, Sughd Region, a 28-year-old local man was detained by the Drug Control Agency with one cellophane bag of hashish. A criminal case was opened under Article 200 part 1 of the Tajik Criminal Code for illegal trafficking with intent to sell.
During a two-phase operation in Kanibadam, a 28-year-old local man was detained
by the Sughd Regional Administration of the Drug Control Agency of Tajikistan,
from whom one cellophane bag of hashish was seized.[1]Preliminary
investigation established that the detained man was trying to sell hashish in
the city of Kanibadam.[1]
A criminal case was opened under Article 200 part 1 of the Criminal Code of
Tajikistan (illegal trafficking of narcotic substances or psychotropic
substances with the intent to sell), and the investigation is ongoing.[1]The
detained man was placed in the Administrative Detention Center of the Sughd
Regional Administration of the Drug Control Agency.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency
Drug Control Agency of Tajikistan, Sughd Region Administration
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
illegal trafficking of narcotic substances with intent to sell (Article 200 part 1 Criminal Code of Tajikistan)
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Region
Sughd Region
Date
Publication date
Sources
Asia-Plusasiaplus.newsRUНаркополицейские Таджикистана арестовали распространителя гашиша в Канибадаме
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No weight for the seized hashish bag was published.
No separate event date is given; 10 October 2014 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No charges beyond Article 200 part 1 and no court outcome were reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Russian and English.
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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.
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.
