Two held over 1.2 kg of hashish in Urgench parcel and Tashkent stash
Officers detained a previously convicted man as he collected a parcel from Russia at Urgench international airport, finding 538 grams of hashish hidden among sweets and disguised as chocolate. In a second case in Yukorichirchik district, Tashkent region, a 45-year-old was held collecting about 700 grams of hashish left in a hiding place, for more than 1.2 kg in all.
🇺🇿 Urgench International Airport, Urgench, Khorezm region · Uzbekistan
Officers in Khorezm and Tashkent regions stopped two separate attempts to move
hashish.[1]The State Security Service, the Interior Ministry and customs
officers ran the operations under the “Safe and Healthy Country” preventive
campaign.[2]
At Urgench international airport officers detained a local man born in 1997 who
had earlier been convicted of a drug offence, as he collected a parcel sent from
Russia.[2]Officers found 538 grams of hashish among sweets in the parcel,
disguised as chocolate.[2]
In Yukorichirchik district of Tashkent region, officers detained a 45-year-old
Tashkent resident as he collected about 700 grams of hashish from a hiding
place.[2]Investigators said the drugs had been smuggled into Uzbekistan and
left in a pre-arranged place.[1]In total more than 1.2 kilograms of hashish
was seized in the two cases.[1]
Criminal cases were opened over both finds, and officers were working to
identify possible accomplices.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
1.2 kg
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Mail or parcel
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Russia → Uzbekistan
Sources
nuz.uznuz.uzRUВ Узбекистане пресекли две попытки сбыта гашиша: изъято более 1,2 килограмма наркотиков
Zamon.uzzamon.uzRUВ Хорезме изъято около 1,3 кг гашиша, привезенного из России.
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No separate operation date was published; 17 July 2026, the date of the Zamon.uz account, is used, with nuz.uz following a day later.
The second weight is given as about 700 grams, and the combined figure is stated only as more than 1.2 kg by nuz.uz, so 1.2 kg is recorded rather than a false total of 1.238 kg.
Zamon.uz describes the Khorezm haul as about 1.3 kg in its headline, while nuz.uz says more than 1.2 kg; both appear to describe the same two seizures.
The sender in Russia, the couriers who left the Yukorichirchik stash and any accomplices were not identified.
No charge, detention order or court outcome was reported for either suspect.
The airport suspect is identified only by birth year, 1997, and place of residence.
The article also refers to an earlier, separate Tashkent case in which more than 20 kg of opium and hashish was seized from three suspects; that case is not part of this report.
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.
