Four held in Tajikistan as about 6 kg of marijuana seized in a day
Interior Ministry officers in Tajikistan detained four people over marijuana cases on 19 May 2009 and seized about 6 kg of the drug, Asia-Plus reported. The same one-day tally recorded about 11 kg of raw opium and about 17 kg of narcotics in total, which are not counted as cannabis.
The Interior Ministry recorded five drug-trafficking cases in Tajikistan on 19
May 2009 and seized about 17 kg of narcotics.[1]The figures came from the
Interior Ministry, as reported to the Asia-Plus news agency.[1]An Afghan
citizen was detained in Pyanj district of Khatlon region, where a personal
search found about 11 kg of raw opium.[1]A local resident, Sirojiddin
Nazarov, was detained the same day in Hamadoni district of Khatlon region, and 4
kg of marijuana was found and seized from a bag he was carrying.[1]
About 2 kg more marijuana was seized in three further detentions in Danghara
district, Ishkashim district and Dushanbe city, bringing the day’s marijuana
seizures to about 6 kg.[1]Only the separately stated marijuana weights are
counted as cannabis here; the raw opium and the combined 17 kg total are left
out.[1]
The ministry’s officers were described as militia, the term then used for
Tajikistan’s police.[1]More than 1.5 tonnes of narcotics had been seized from
illegal circulation in the first four months of 2009.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The detentions are dated only as the day before publication; 19 May 2009 is inferred from the 20 May 2009 report, and no separate dates are given for the individual cases.
The about 6 kg marijuana total sums an exactly stated 4 kg in Hamadoni district and an approximate 2 kg from three further detentions, so the recorded total is approximate.
Five detentions are reported in total across the five drug-trafficking cases, but only four are connected to the marijuana seizures.
The report does not say whether the seized marijuana was dried plant material or growing plants.
No names beyond the two named detainees, no charges and no court outcomes were reported.
The combined 17 kg narcotics total and the about 11 kg of raw opium cannot be attributed to cannabis and are excluded from the figures.
The 1.5 tonnes of narcotics seized in the first four months of 2009 is a national running total and is not counted as a figure for this event.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; searches for a second account in Russian and English 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.
