Five held as drugs network broken up in Tashkent and region, 550 g of hashish seized
Officers of the Interior Ministry and the State Security Service broke up a drug-selling network in Tashkent and Tashkent Region and detained five people, including a married couple caught with 50 packs of hashish. The operations seized 550 grams of hashish, 100 grams of mephedrone and two kilograms of opium extract, which the ministry described as about 26,300 single doses of drugs.
🇺🇿 Sergeli, Chilanzar and Mirzo-Ulugbek districts, Tashkent, and Qibray district, Tashkent Region · Uzbekistan
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Arrested
5
Cannabis
550 g
Agencies
Interior Ministry (MVD), State Security Service (SGB)
Officers of the Interior Ministry and the State Security Service broke up a group of drug sellers in
Tashkent and Tashkent Region.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]Across several operations they found hashish, mephedrone
and opium extract, described in total as about 26,300 single doses.[1][3][7]The operations were part of
the preventive campaign Safe and Healthy Country.[1][3][7]
Sergeli and Chilanzar
In Sergeli district of the capital officers detained a married couple and their accomplice, who
police say sold drugs through dead drops while moving by a Matiz car.[1][2][3][4][5][6][8][7]Officers seized
50 packs of hashish from them.[1][2][3][4][5]A search of their rented flat in Chilanzar district found
another 450 grams of hashish and 100 grams of mephedrone, hidden inside a plush toy[4][5], with a
thousand zip bags, electronic scales and tape for packing.[1][2][3][4][5]
Qibray
In Qibray district of Tashkent Region officers stopped, at the Koramurt checkpoint[8], the car of a
man previously convicted of robbery and fraud and found hashish in it.[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]Investigators
say he too sold drugs through dead drops.[1][5]
Mirzo-Ulugbek
Two more suspected members were identified in Mirzo-Ulugbek district of Tashkent, one of them a
repeatedly convicted man who ran an online shop selling drugs.[1][6]One, born in 1987, had
convictions for fraud, theft, traffic offences and running gambling; his accomplice had convictions
over drugs, theft and serious bodily harm.[2]A search of their flat found two kilograms of opium
extract, 40 grams of hashish, electronic scales, a thousand zip bags and equipment for preparing
drugs.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
In total the operations seized 550 grams of hashish, 100 grams of mephedrone and two kilograms of
opium extract.[1][3][4][5][7]A criminal case was opened against the group under Article 273 of the
Criminal Code, which covers dealings with drugs for sale[1][3][4][5][6], part 5 by one account.[8]
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The article gives no separate date for the operations; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The report does not say how many people were detained in total beyond the five described: a married couple and their accomplice in Sergeli, a driver in Qibray and two suspects in Mirzo-Ulugbek.
No weight is given for the 50 packs of hashish seized in Sergeli, and no weight for the hashish found in the Qibray car, so these are not added to the total.
The 26,300 single doses cover hashish, mephedrone and opium extract together, so no cannabis-only dose count is recorded.
No street value, detention measure or court outcome was reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
The page's lead picture carries no credit and its caption only repeats the headline, so it cannot be established to show this seizure.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Russian, Uzbek and English; no separate ministry statement or second outlet account could be opened.
The article reports the criminal case under Article 273 but does not state which part of the article applies.
Vzglyad.uz gives no date for the operations; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and that of the ministry statement.
Vzglyad.uz reports the drugs in the Chilanzar flat as 450 grams of hashish and 100 grams of mephedrone and says they were kept inside a soft toy, and counts the 50 packs as packs of drugs rather than packs of hashish.
Vzglyad.uz says the criminal case covers illegal trafficking of drugs for sale but gives no article number, unlike the account already cited.
The page describes the search in Mirzo-Ulugbek as a search of the men's home and gives their previous convictions, which the account already cited did not report.
The page gives no separate date for the operations; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the standing incident date, and it does not state which part of Article 273 applies.
The page leaves the 50 packs of hashish and the Qibray car hashish without weights, so neither is added to the 550-gram total.
The 26,300 single doses cover hashish, mephedrone and opium extract together, so no cannabis-only dose count is possible.
No detention measure, plea or court outcome is reported; the case is at the investigation stage.
Pressa.uz reports 1,000 zip bags, electronic scales and tape found in the Chilanzar flat and packing equipment in Mirzo-Ulugbek, but gives no separate weight for the 50 hashish packs or the hashish in the Qibray car.
Pressa.uz does not name the State Security Service, does not give the suspects' previous convictions in Mirzo-Ulugbek and does not mention the Safe and Healthy Country campaign reported by the other sources.
The page gives no separate date for the operations; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and stands in for the incident date.
Repost.uz gives no separate date for the operations; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and that of the ministry statement.
Repost.uz does not name the State Security Service, unlike the accounts already cited in the report.
Repost.uz gives no weight for the 50 packs of hashish or the hashish found in the Qibray car, so neither adds to the 550-gram total.
Repost.uz describes the Mirzo-Ulugbek suspects only as previously convicted men and does not report the online shop or the detailed criminal records given by the account already cited.
Zamin.uz gives no total number detained, describes only the Sergeli couple, the online-shop administrator and his accomplices, and one Qibray courier, and does not mention the Sergeli accomplice described by the sources already cited.
Zamin.uz says a criminal case was opened under 'the corresponding articles' of the Criminal Code without naming Article 273, and gives no separate date for the operations; 9 November 2026 is its publication date.
Zamin.uz lists the hashish in the flat and the cars only as a total of 550 grams plus 40 grams and gives no weight for the hashish in the Qibray car or for the 50 packs seized in Sergeli.
The UzDaily account gives no separate date for the operations; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and the standing incident date.
UzDaily gives no weight for the 50 hashish packs seized in Sergeli or for the hashish found in the Qibray car.
UzDaily counts the detained group members as a couple, their accomplice, the Qibray driver and the Mirzo-Ulugbek suspects without stating a total number held.
Officers seized 545 grams of hashish in Gulistan and 2.071 kg of marijuana in Turtkul district during multi-agency operations reported on 11 November 2026. One man was detained in the Karakalpakstan episode and criminal cases were opened over the wider four-region roundup.
Interior Ministry officers stopped a drug network in Tashkent's Yangihayot and Yashnabad districts and continued the raids in Kokand, seizing 55 grams, 430 grams and 1 kilogram of hashish. A criminal case was opened for dealing; the number of people held in Kokand was not stated.
Officers detained a man in Altyaryk District, Ferghana Region, alleging he tried to sell 500 grams of hashish for US$4,000 to an undercover buyer. Forensic testing confirmed the substance was hashish, and a criminal case was opened as investigations continue.
Police detained five people in Tashkent city and Fergana region, including a mother and daughter held in Kokand during a 500-gram hashish handover. Officers also seized 250 grams of hashish from a car engine in Okhangaron district, bringing the weighed cannabis total to 750 grams.
