Two held selling 455 g of hashish for $5,000 in Pakhtaabad
Officers in Pakhtaabad district, Andijan region, detained A.O. and M.N. on 15 July 2022 as they tried to sell 455.5 grams of hashish for $5,000. A criminal case was opened under part 5 of Article 273 over illegal drug sale, with a possible term of 10 to 20 years, and investigators were still working on it.
🇺🇿 Pakhtaabad district, Andijan region · Uzbekistan
Officers of the Andijan regional internal affairs directorate and other
law-enforcement agencies detained A.O. and M.N., both from Pakhtaabad, during an
operation in the district on 15 July 2022, the regional police press service
said.[1]The interior ministry’s own statement named the units involved as
operative-search officers, patrol and public-safety units, special
rapid-response units and the canine service of the Andijan regional directorate,
working with the district police department.[2]The police said the two men
had entered a criminal conspiracy in advance and tried to sell hashish to
another citizen on the district’s territory.[2]
The police press service said the parcel of hashish weighed 455.5 grams and the
men asked 5,000 dollars for it from the buyer.[1]The Uzbek-language account
of the same statement gives the weight as 455.5 grams of hashish offered for
5,000 US dollars.[3]
The investigating group at the Pakhtaabad district police department opened a
criminal case under part 5 of Article 273 of Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code,
covering illegal sale of narcotics, and investigative actions were under way.[1]The Uzbek-language version says that if the suspects’ guilt is proven in
court they face between 10 and 20 years in prison.[3]
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Photo published with the report on the Pakhtaabad detention, credited to the press service of the Andijan regional internal affairs directorate; the caption repeats the headline and does not describe who or what is shown.Photo details
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No court outcome was reported; the sources say only that investigative actions were under way after the case was opened.
The suspects are identified only by the initials A.O. and M.N., and no ages or other personal details were published.
The accounts trace back to one Andijan regional police press service statement, so the weight, price and circumstances are not independently corroborated.
The Russian headline says officers stopped a sale of almost 500 grams, while the stated weight of the parcel is 455.5 grams; the exact figure is used here.
The sources do not say who the buyer was, whether he was an undercover officer, or where in the district the handover took place.
The quoted 10-to-20-year term is the penalty the charge could carry; no sentence has been given.
The $5,000 figure is the price the men asked for the hashish, not an official valuation, so it is not recorded as a value figure.
В Пахтаабадском районе задержаны лица, продававшие гашиш за 5.000 долларов США (Министерство внутренних дел Республики Узбекистан) could not be opened again to check its quotations (the browser could not load the submitted public page; archived fallback unavailable (invalid Wayback snapshot path). No AI research was started); what it says is as the AI read it.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Gazeta.uz: The Uzbek-language version describes part 5 of Article 273 as covering illegal sale of narcotic substances, their analogues or psychotropic substances in large quantities, and says the inquiry was continuing.
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.
