Tajik police seize 7.2 kg of hashish in Pyandzh district; two detained
Tajik Interior Ministry police announced that they seized 8 kg of narcotics in Pyandzh district, Khatlon Region, including 7 kg 231 g of hashish found in one suspect's house. Two local residents were detained and a drug-trafficking criminal case was opened under article 200 part 4 of the Criminal Code.
Two local residents, Gairat Zoidov and Rahmonali Mavlonov, were detained on
suspicion of this crime.[1]Tajik police said they seized8 kg of narcotics in
Pyandzh district, Khatlon Region, during operational search activities, an
announcement the Interior Ministry’s press center issued.[2]
In the second case, officers found about 747 g of methamphetamine in the trunk
of a Mercedes-Benz car owned by Mavlonov.[2]
The English version of the report states that two suspects were arrested.[1]
A criminal case was opened under article 200 part 4 of the Criminal Code, which
covers illegal trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances and carries up
to five years of imprisonment.[2]
During a search of the house of one suspect, Gairat Zoidov, officers seized 7 kg231 g of hashish.[2]
Police said the two detainees had been engaged in regular drug trafficking.[2]
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Cover image of the Asia-Plus report on the narcotics seizure in Pyandzh district, Tajikistan. Photo: Asia-PlusPhoto details
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Arrested
2
Cannabis
7.231 kg
Agency
Tajikistan Ministry of Internal Affairs
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish (7.231 kg)
Activity
Trafficking, Possession
Setting
Home, Vehicle
Charge
illegal trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances (Article 200 part 4)
Case stage
Charged
Force
No force reported
Region
Khatlon
Date
Publication date
Sources
Asia-Plusasiaplus.newsPolice officers in Pyanj district of Tajikistan seized 8 kg of drugs
Asia-Plusasiaplus.newsRUМилиционеры в Пянджском районе Таджикистана изъяли 8 кг наркотиков
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The cover image is credited only to Asia-Plus with no caption confirming which premises it depicts.
No value estimate, plant count or field area was published.
The 8 kg total is a combined narcotics figure including the out-of-scope methamphetamine; only the 7.231 kg hashish is counted toward the cannabis figures.
The exact date of the seizure is not stated; 4 January 2023 is the article's publication date and is used as the incident date, while the source text references a December 4 press-center announcement, an inconsistency within the source itself.
The detainees' ages and any court outcome beyond the opened criminal case were not reported.
The head of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency said about 2,742 kg of narcotics were seized along the border with Afghanistan in 2025, and the authorities said trafficking from Afghanistan had risen by nearly half over 2024.
Tajik officers detained a suspected transnational-group courier in the Panjob border zone of Hamadoni district and seized drugs from the boot of his Opel car. Forensic tests put the cannabis part at 79.722 kg of hashish within a 90.557 kg mixed haul, and a criminal case was opened.
Tajikistan's security service and border troops stopped a drug consignment at the Panjob outpost in Mir Said Ali Hamadoni district and detained five people, four Tajik citizens and one Afghan. The forensic department put the haul at 148 kg 129 g of hashish and 30 kg 333 g of opium, and criminal cases were opened.
Police stopped three men transporting 16 kg of hashish and opium into Dushanbe and opened a case under part 4 of Article 200, the especially-large supply offence. The men were held in custody while police looked for their supply chain. The offence carries 12–20 years in prison.
