During the raids, law enforcement officers seized drugs and psychotropic substances that had been distributed through dead drops.[1] Uzbekistan’s Interior Ministry stopped a large drug network that had been operating in the Yangihayot and Yashnabad districts of Tashkent.[1] The press service of the Interior Ministry reported the operation.[1] During the operation officers detained a previously convicted man and his accomplice, who had been distributing drugs through dead drops.[1] A personal search found and seized 55 grams of hashish and 24 units of Regapen.[1] A search of the suspects’ homes found 430 grams of hashish, zip bags and electronic scales.[1]

The raids continued in Kokand, in Fergana region.[1] A previously convicted major drug dealer and his accomplices were detained as they sold a buyer 1 kilogram of hashish.[1] Officers said they had prevented prohibited substances equal to 7,415 single doses from being spread among the population.[1]

A criminal case was opened under point b of part 6 of Article 273 of the Criminal Code.[1] The charge covers illegal manufacture, processing, acquisition, storage and other actions with narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues for sale, and their illegal sale.[1]