Three Ukrainians held over hashish cache sales in Tashkent, no cannabis weight
Security service and police officers detained two Ukrainian men and one Ukrainian woman at two flats in Tashkent's Yashnabad district, finding hashish, mephedrone and alpha-PVP packed for dead-drop distribution. The 1.945 kg total mixes cannabis with synthetics, so no cannabis-only weight can be recorded.
Officers of the State Security Service’s Tashkent directorate and the capital’s
Main Internal Affairs Department detained three foreign citizens suspected of
drug trafficking during the Safe and Healthy Country preventive campaign.[1]The detainees are Ukrainian citizens born in 1994, 1997 and 2001 who arrived in
Uzbekistan on 12 June 2026.[1]The three comprised two Ukrainian men and one
Ukrainian woman.[2]
Officers checked two flats in Yashnabad district where the three were
temporarily living.[3][4]Inside the flats officers found hashish, mephedrone and
alpha-PVP divided into small batches for sale through hidden caches.[3]The
drugs were prepared for distribution in different districts of Tashkent through
zakladki, hidden dead-drop caches.[1]Forensic examination identified the
seized substances as hashish, mephedrone and alpha-PVP, weighing 1 kg945 grams
in total.[1][4]Officers also recovered a further 460 grams of mephedrone and
alpha-PVP that the online shop’s organizers had left in a cache for the three to
pack and sell in Tashkent.[5][4]
A criminal case was opened under point a of part 6 of Article 273 of
Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code, and the three were placed in detention as a
preventive measure.[6][4]Investigative actions were still being carried out at
the time of reporting.[6]The sanction for that charge is 15 to 20 years’
imprisonment.[5]
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Source: Daryo.uzState Security Service photo of the narcotics seized in the Yashnabad district case, published after the paragraph on the hashish, mephedrone and alpha-PVP haul. Photo: СГБ (State Security Service)Photo details
Darakchi.uzdarakchi.uzIn Tashkent, three Ukrainian citizens involved in drug trafficking were detained
Open questions the AI reported
No separable cannabis-only weight was published: 1 kg 945 grams mixes hashish with mephedrone and alpha-PVP, so no kilograms are recorded.
The further 460 grams is described only as mephedrone and alpha-PVP and is excluded from cannabis figures.
No separate date for the detention or searches was published; 23 July 2026 is the publication date of the reports and is used as the incident date.
Darakchi's English text dates the inspection to 12 June 2026 in the same sentence that gives 12 June as the arrival date, appearing to conflate the two.
UzDaily describes the premises as two houses while Darakchi, UPL and Anhor describe two flats or apartments.
UzMetronom gives the detainees' ages as 25 to 32, while other outlets give birth years 1994, 1997 and 2001, which would include a 24-year-old in July 2026.
UPL says the charge may carry up to 20 years, while UzMetronom states 15 to 20 years for point a of part 6 of Article 273.
The detainees are identified only by citizenship and birth years, with no names published.
No court outcome has been reported; all three were remanded and the investigation was continuing.
The text gives a weight ("1.945 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
Daryo gives no date for the searches or detention; 23 July 2026, the publication date, is used only to match the recorded event.
The combined 1 kg 945 grams still cannot be separated into hashish and the synthetic drugs, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
The accompanying State Security Service photographs are captioned only as СГБ and are not individually described in the text.
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.
