Chocolate-pack hashish courier and 423-plant farm busted
State Security Service operations in Khorezm and Namangan regions caught an ex-convict collecting a Russia-sent parcel with 967 g of hashish hidden in 10 chocolate packs in Urganch, and found a 1988-born man growing 423 cannabis plants for sale on his Yangiqorgon plot. Both cases were seized as evidence.
🇺🇿 Urganch district, Khorezm and Yangiqorgon district, Namangan · Uzbekistan
- Arrested
- 2
- Plants destroyed
- 423
- Cannabis
- 1 kg
In joint operations by the State Security Service with internal affairs and
customs officers, a man born in 2000 with prior convictions was caught in
Urganch district receiving a parcel sent from Russia by taxi; inspection found
967 grams of hashish hidden in 10 chocolate packs, seized as material evidence.[1] SSS officers uncovered nearly a kilogram of hashish in total in the two
regions’ operations.[1]
In Namangan region’s Yangiqorgon district, SSS and internal affairs officers
found a man born in 1988 growing 423 cannabis plants for sale on his own land.[1]
Sources
- Urganchda shokoladga yashirilgan gashish, Yangiqo‘rg‘onda kannabis plantatsiyasi fosh etildi. Anhor, 24 July 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only Anhor has published these operations in text form, citing the SSS Telegram channel; no second outlet account was found.
- The sender in Russia and the intended recipients are unidentified.
- Court outcomes for both suspects are unreported.