13 cannabis plants seized from two homes in Mirabad, Tashkent
Police in Tashkent's Mirabad district detained home growers and seized 13 cannabis plants, including 12 plants 60-170 cm tall grown indoors in pots. Dried material was also recovered, criminal cases were opened, and the seized plants were sent for examination.
Tashkent police said citizens growing narcotic plants at home were detained in
the Mirabad district of the city.[1]District criminal investigators searched
one house on received operational information and found bushes of a narcotic
plant there.[1]The plants were cannabis that a mahalla resident was growing
inside his house.[2]
The grower had arranged ventilation and heating for the indoor grow and kept the
plants in plastic pots.[2]Officers seized 12 cannabis bushes 60 to 170 cm
tall from that house.[2]Officers also found dried plant material in the same
house that had been dried and prepared for use.[1]In the same district,
officers found that a neighbour was growing one more cannabis bush and tried to
get rid of it during the house check, but the attempt failed.[2]
The seized plants were sent for examination and criminal cases were opened in
both cases.[2]Police noted that cultivation of prohibited crops carries up to
10 years in prison, while drug manufacture, possession and other sale-related
acts carry up to 20 years.[1]
Photos and video
Police operational photo accompanying the reports of the home cannabis grows in Mirabad district. Photo: operational footage of the GUVD.Photo details
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