Two held as 21.65 kg of hashish is found in a car in Tashkent
State Security Service and interior ministry officers searched a parked Lacetti near Tashkent's Kuyluk bazaar and found 30 bundles of drugs. The State Security Service said 21.65 kg of the load was hashish; two men from the car were remanded in custody.
State Security Service officers and interior ministry officers stopped and
searched a Lacetti car near the Kuyluk bazaar in Tashkent.[1]The car was
parked, and the 30 bundles of drugs inside it were covered with bread.[2]Inside the car, officers found a plastic container holding 30 packages of banned
substances.[1]
Examination established that the seized drugs weighed 34.61 kg in total.[1]Of
that total, 12.96 kg was opium and 21.65 kg was hashish.[1]Gazeta.uz reported
the same hashish weight but put the total load at 34.81 kg.[2]The State
Security Service said drugs of that type are usually brought into the country
from abroad by smuggling.[2]
The driver was a previously convicted man born in 1968, a resident of Sariosiyo
district in Surkhandarya region, and his passenger was a man born in 1984 who
was born in Denov and lives in Tashkent.[1]The State Security Service’s
investigation department opened a criminal case against both detainees over
large-scale drug smuggling and preparation to sell drugs on a large scale.[1]Both suspects were remanded in custody.[1]Investigators said they were
continuing measures to identify and detain the other accomplices in the crime.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report on the 34.61 kg seizure near the Kuyluk bazaar, captioned only with the headline. Photo: press service of the Customs CommitteePhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
21.65 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Port or sea
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
UzDaily.uzuzdaily.uzRUВ Ташкенте изъято более 34 килограммов контрабандных наркотиков
Gazeta.uzgazeta.uzRU34,6 кг наркотиков нашли в автомобиле у рынка «Куйлюк» в Ташкенте
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Neither report gives a separate date for the car search; 12 June 2026 is the publication date of both and is used as the incident date.
Gazeta.uz puts the total at 34.81 kg in its text while its headline and the UzDaily.uz report say 34.61 kg; the report uses 34.61 kg and keeps the hashish weight, which both give as 21.65 kg.
Only the separately stated hashish weight is counted as cannabis; the 12.96 kg of opium and the combined total are excluded from the figures.
Neither source names the two detainees, who are described only by birth year and place of origin.
No court outcome or formal charge sheet was reported, and investigators were still looking for other accomplices.
The UzDaily.uz photo is credited to the Customs Committee's press service and captioned only with the report's headline, so exactly what it shows could not be checked; the site offered no other direct image address for this event.
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 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.
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.
