Interior Ministry officers carried out a series of special operations that uncovered a chain of drug dealers in Tashkent Region.[1] In Urta-Chirchik district, officers found a man born in 1997 who was growing 20 cannabis bushes in a rented house.[1]

The same man stored 5 kilograms of marijuana.[1] He had worked for an online drug shop for a year, distributing drugs through stashes, and police seized zip packets, electronic scales and wrapped doses prepared for sale.[2] Acting on his testimony, officers continued in Tashkent district and detained a man born in 1991, finding 30 grams of hashish on him.[1] Searches of a man born in 1994 and his accomplice born in 1984 and of their homes yielded 30 grams of opium and 50 grams of hashish.[1] The operation then continued in Kibray district, where a large dealer born in 1992 was detained with 150 grams of hashish, a pneumatic pistol and homemade drug-use devices.[1]

Repost, citing the Interior Ministry, reported that the Urta-Chirchik suspect grew the 20 bushes in pots and kept 5 kg of dried marijuana.[2] A criminal case was opened under part 6 of article 273 of the Criminal Code for manufacture, acquisition, storage and sale of drugs with intent to sell, which can carry up to 20 years in prison.[1]