About 40 kg of hashish and marijuana seized in a week across Tajikistan
Police in Tajikistan took about 40 kg of hashish and marijuana out of circulation during the week reported on 20 February 2006, part of a haul of about 145 kg of drugs across 15 cases. The same tally counted more than 72 kg of heroin and 32 kg of opium, which are left out of the cannabis figure.
Officers recorded 15 drug-trafficking cases in Tajikistan during the week
reported on 20 February 2006.[1]Police took about 40 kg of hashish and
marijuana out of circulation that week.[1]
The combined weekly haul of drugs was about 145 kg, of which more than 72 kg was
heroin.[1]A further 32 kg of the haul was opium.[1]
The figures came from UBNON, the drug-enforcement department of Tajikistan’s
Interior Ministry.[1]From the start of 2006, officers in Tajikistan had
seized526 kg of drugs, 339 kg of it heroin.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
40 kg
Agency
Interior Ministry of Tajikistan
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish; Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Tajikistan
Sources
Asia-Plusasiaplus.newsRUОколо 145 кг наркотиков изъято из незаконного оборота в Таджикистане за минувшую неделю
Open questions the AI reported
The 40 kg cannabis figure is given only as an approximate combined weight of hashish and marijuana, with no separate split between the two.
The article gives no start or end date for the week; 20 February 2006 is the publication date and is used as the incident date, and the period is taken to be the seven days before it.
No places within Tajikistan, arrests, charges or court outcomes are reported for the 15 cases.
The cumulative 526 kg figure for the year to date, including 339 kg of heroin, is a national running total and is not counted as a figure for this event.
Only one accessible source for this weekly tally was found; searches for a second account returned nothing.
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.
