Four held as 24 kg hashish ring broken up in east Uzbekistan
Four men were detained across Namangan, Andijan and Fergana regions after police intercepted 24 kg of hashish smuggled across the Naryn river during the Qoradori-2026 campaign. Criminal cases were opened against all four suspects and they were remanded in custody.
🇺🇿 Namangan, Andijan and Fergana regions, Fergana Valley · Uzbekistan
Officers of the Interior Ministry’s operative-search department and its regional
units, working with the State Security Service, carried out the operation as the
second stage of the Qoradori-2026 preventive campaign.[1]The campaign
prevented the distribution of 24 kg of hashish in Uzbekistan.[1]On the border
territory of Namangan region, officers detained a native of Andijan region born
in 1993.[1]According to the Interior Ministry, he had carried 20 kg of
hashish hidden in a bag across the Naryn river from a neighbouring state and
tried to leave it under trees about 20 metres from the border.[1]The
investigation established that he intended to pass the drugs to accomplices
living in Andijan and Namangan regions.[1]Operational footage indicated he
had been promised $10,000 for delivering the bag.[1]
On 7 September at about 02:00 in Andijan, a man born in 1976 was detained while
receiving 10 kg of hashish as officers extended the operation to catch other
group members.[1]Officers then detained another suspect in Kokand in Fergana
region while he was attempting to sell hashish for $24,000.[1]In Besharik
district of Fergana region, officers detained a man born in 1991 with physical
evidence as he sold 4 kg of hashish packed in four separate packages.[1]
Criminal cases were opened against the suspects under Article 246(2) and Article
273(5)(a) of Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code, and all of them were remanded in
custody.[1]The Interior Ministry urged the public to report suspected drug
trafficking through its @stopnarko_bot Telegram bot.[1]
Photos and video
Seized hashish from the Qoradori-2026 operation in Namangan, Andijan and Fergana regions. Photo: press service of the State Security Service.Photo details
The stated episode weights of 20 kg, 10 kg and 4 kg, plus an unstated Kokand quantity, do not reconcile on their face with the reported 24 kg total, so only the 24 kg total is recorded as kg_seized.
The Kokand episode gives a $24,000 attempted sale price without a hashish weight, and a separate $10,000 delivery payment is reported, so no drug value is recorded.
No separate dates are given for the Namangan border detention or the Kokand and Besharik detentions; only the 7 September Andijan detention is dated, so 12 September 2026, the publication date, is used as the incident date.
The suspects are identified only by birth year and origin or detention place, with no full names published.
No court outcome beyond opened criminal cases and remand in custody was reported.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; no agency statement or second outlet account could be opened.
Officers seized 545 grams of hashish in Gulistan and 2.071 kg of marijuana in Turtkul district during multi-agency operations reported on 11 November 2026. One man was detained in the Karakalpakstan episode and criminal cases were opened over the wider four-region roundup.
Interior Ministry officers stopped a drug network in Tashkent's Yangihayot and Yashnabad districts and continued the raids in Kokand, seizing 55 grams, 430 grams and 1 kilogram of hashish. A criminal case was opened for dealing; the number of people held in Kokand was not stated.
Officers of the Interior Ministry and the State Security Service broke up a drug-selling network in Tashkent and Tashkent Region and detained five people, including a married couple caught with 50 packs of hashish. The operations seized 550 grams of hashish, 100 grams of mephedrone and two kilograms of opium extract, which the ministry described as about 26,300 single doses of drugs.
Officers detained a man in Altyaryk District, Ferghana Region, alleging he tried to sell 500 grams of hashish for US$4,000 to an undercover buyer. Forensic testing confirmed the substance was hashish, and a criminal case was opened as investigations continue.
