5 arrested, 1.2 kg cannabis and hashish seized across Tajikistan
Tajikistan's police announced that in the past 24 hours, five people were detained and more than 1 kg of narcotics was seized across Tursunzade, Dushanbe and Ganchisho. The haul comprised 856 g of cannabis, 182 g of hashish and 136 g of hashish; criminal cases were opened on all counts.
Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that in the past 24 hours,
more than 1 kg of narcotics was seized from illegal circulation across three
locations.[1]In Tursunzade, police detained three suspects during an
anti-narcotics operation; a personal search of one of them yielded 856 g of
cannabis.[1]
In Dushanbe’s Sino-2 district, a resident of the capital was detained with 182 g
of hashish.[1]In Ganchisho district, police detained a 30-year-old man from
B. Gafurov district with 136 g of hashish.[1]
Criminal cases were opened on all the above facts and an investigation is
underway.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The source states 'more than 1 kg' as the total; the individual figures sum to 1.174 kg, but no breakdown beyond the three items was published.
The exact date of each arrest is not given; the publication date of 9 April 2014 is used as the incident date, and the article states the events occurred in the 24 hours before publication.
No names of the arrested individuals were published.
No outcome beyond the opening of criminal cases was 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.
