Foreign national held with 5 kg of hashish at Kyrgyz-Uzbek border
Kyrgyz security officers detained a foreign national with 5 kg of hashish near the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border at Dostuk village in Nooken district, Jalal-Abad region, on 2 October 2025. The State Committee for National Security said the man bought the hashish in Kyrgyzstan and planned to move it into Uzbekistan; an investigation under Article 282 was under way.
🇰🇬 Lola area, Dostuk village, Nooken district, Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security reported on 6 October 2025
that a foreign national had been detained with 5 kg of hashish in Nooken
district, Jalal-Abad region.[1]The detained man is identified only by the
initials A.A.A.[1]He is accused of buying 5 kg of hashish inside Jalal-Abad
region and planning to move it into Uzbekistan.[2]
Security officers detained him on 2 October 2025 near the Kyrgyz-Uzbek state
border, in the Lola area of Dostuk village, Nooken district.[1]He was caught
as he tried to carry the drugs across the border.[3]
The State Committee for National Security said an investigation was under way.[1]
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The suspect's nationality and full name were not published; the reports identify him only as the foreign national A.A.A.
The reports give no details of how the hashish was being carried across the border or who else may be involved.
No charges beyond the opening of a case under Article 282 part 3, no custody ruling and no court outcome were reported; the State Committee for National Security said only that an investigation was under way.
No value for the 5 kg of hashish was published.
The images on the ELTR page carry no captions or credits identifying them as taken at this arrest, so only the outlet is credited.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Кабар: The PGO-owned agency described the case as an effort to cut a channel for moving drugs from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Кабар: The case was opened under part 3 of Article 282 of Kyrgyzstan's Criminal Code, which covers unlawful preparation of narcotics for sale.
Kyrgyzstan's drug control service detained a man in Osh Region suspected of distributing drugs and seized more than 5 kilograms of Afghan-origin hashish from him. A criminal case was opened under article 282 of the Criminal Code, and police said they were working to identify other people involved and the channels used to move the drugs.
Interior Ministry anti-drug officers detained one suspected organizer of an online drug shop in Bishkek that allegedly sold drugs for several years in Bishkek and Chuy Region. Officers seized marijuana, hashish and heroin prepared for sale, plus growing and packing equipment, with police valuing the haul at 4.5 million som.
A Kyrgyz citizen accused of buying marijuana buds and psychotropic substances in the US and mailing them to Kyrgyzstan in parcels was extradited from the US with DEA and Interpol help. Police say accomplices distributed the drugs in Bishkek and Chui region; no amounts or full identity were disclosed and the investigation continues.
Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry said its anti-drug service stopped a Toyota Camry in Jumgal district, Naryn Region, and found five sacks holding 28.666 kg of marijuana, then detained the driver and three other suspects the same day. Searches at the suspects' homes added 482 grams, taking the total to 29.148 kg, and a criminal case was opened on illegal drug manufacture for sale.
