13.9 kg marijuana and 8 plants seized in Sirdaryo house raid
Sirdaryo officers traced a 111-gram roadside marijuana find to a home grower in Saykhunabad district, seizing 13,879 grams of marijuana, 1.68 grams of hashish and eight young cannabis plants. The criminal-investigation department and State Security Service seized the finds as evidence as a pre-investigation check continued.
🇺🇿 Saykhunabad district, Sirdaryo region, Uzbekistan
Acting on prior information, officers stopped a Lacetti driven by
Akaltyn-district resident A.F. on the M-39 road in Sirdaryo district.[1]Officers found 111 grams of marijuana under the front seat in the presence of
witnesses.[1]A.F. said he had bought the marijuana from Saykhunabad-district
resident S.Sh. for 2 million sums.[1]Officers then went with witnesses to the
house of S.Sh. in Saykhunabad district.[1]
In the bedroom officers found hashish packed in four matchboxes, dried marijuana
and cannabis seeds in small cellophane bags.[2]In the living room officers
found marijuana in three cellophane bags, electronic scales and a bottomless
plastic bottle.[2]In the basement officers found marijuana in two polythene
bags.[2]On the plot officers found eight tended cannabis bushes 5-10 cm tall
hidden under piled tree branches.[2]Officers recorded 13,879 grams of
marijuana and 1.68 grams of hashish seized in the operation.[3]
The operation was run by the criminal-investigation department of the Sirdaryo
police (UVD) and the regional State Security Service (SGB).[2]All finds were
seized as material evidence.[1]A pre-investigation check was under way.[2]
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Repost.uzrepost.uzRUУ жителя Сырдарьи обнаружили дома почти 14 кг наркотиков
Open questions the AI reported
The reports give no separate date for the road stop and house search; 5 May 2022 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
Gazeta.uz rounds the marijuana total to 13.9 kg while Nuz.uz and Repost.uz give 13,879 grams; the precise 13,879-gram figure is recorded.
Nuz.uz wording can read as 13,879 grams in the house plus 111 grams already sold, while Repost.uz gives 13,879 grams as the operation total; the 111-gram car find is treated here as part of the recorded total.
No arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; the case was at the pre-investigation-check stage when published.
The two men are identified only as A.F. and S.Sh.; full names were not published.
No cannabis-only haul value was published; the 2 million sums was the price of the 111-gram sale, so no value is recorded.
All three outlets cite the Sirdaryo police press service, and no independent account of the operation was located.
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