228 detained in Uzbekistan's Qoradori sweep with hashish in the haul
Uzbekistan’s State Security Service and Ministry of Internal Affairs detained 228 people during the nationwide 3–4 February 2025 first stage of Operation Qoradori. Hashish was named among 112 kg 257 g of mixed narcotic substances that also included heroin, opium and synthetic drugs.
Uzbekistan’s State Security Service (SGB) and Ministry of Internal Affairs
detained 228 people during a two-day Operation Qoradori sweep.[1]The
operation’s first stage ran nationwide on 3–4 February 2025.[2]Gazeta.uz
translated Qoradori as “Black Poppy,” the name of the national anti-drug
operation.[1]
UZA reported 653 special measures targeting individuals and criminal groups
involved in illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs and potent medicines.[2]Authorities opened 222 criminal cases and reported bringing 228 people to
criminal responsibility.[2]The State Security Service said operational
measures to stabilize the crime situation would continue in other directions.[2]
Authorities reported seizing 112 kg257 g of narcotic substances, including
heroin, opium, hashish and synthetic drugs.[2]UzNews reported the same
combined weight and named heroin, opium, hashish and synthetic drugs among the
seized substances.[3]Gazeta.uz rounded the mixed-drug total to 112.3 kg.[1]UZA also reported the seizure of 8,601 units of potent medicines.[2]Hashish
was included in the same mixed narcotic seizure as heroin, opium and synthetic
drugs.[2]
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Press-service photograph accompanying the nationwide Operation Qoradori results. Photo: Press Service of the State Security Service.Photo details
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Arrested
228
Charged
228
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Gazeta.uzgazeta.uzRUВ Узбекистане за два дня изъято более 112 кг наркотиков и задержано 228 человек
UZAuza.uzRUСГБ и МВД провели масштабную операцию «Корадори»
UzNewsuznews.uzRUЗа два дня по всей республике изъято 112 кг наркотиков, возбуждено более 200 уголовных дел — фото
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The 112 kg 257 g total includes heroin, opium, hashish and synthetic drugs; the sources do not give a separate hashish weight, so no cannabis kilograms are recorded.
Gazeta.uz rounds the combined total to 112.3 kg, while UZA and UzNews report 112 kg 257 g.
The sources report 228 people detained and 228 brought to criminal responsibility but do not clarify whether these counts refer to the same people.
The results also mention 47 wanted people detained, 64 administrative penalties, 357 preventive talks and 231 warnings, without clarifying overlap with the 228 detainees; these are not added as separate arrest or charge totals.
The incident date is entered as 4 February, the last day of the 3–4 February operation; all three reports were published on 5 February 2025.
Officials listed $287,460 and 569 million soums as suspected proceeds from drug trafficking, but gave no cannabis-specific value.
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Customs, State Security Service and police officers found 2 kilograms 875 grams of marijuana buried beneath the foundation of a home in Shofirkon district, Bukhara region. Customs opened a criminal case, and investigators are still working to identify the drug's source and anyone else involved in supplying it.
Officers in Namangan region seized 70 grams of hashish from the driver of a Nexia during a joint police and security-service operation. A criminal case on illegal drug trafficking was opened and the investigation continues.
State Security Service and Tashkent police searched two containers on a leased farm plot in Qibray around 19 October 2026, seizing 7 kg of dry marijuana kept for sale plus an IZH-38 pneumatic weapon and three cartridges; the previously convicted keeper, born 1986, faces a pre-investigation check.
On the evening of 1 October 2026, Uzbek customs at the Ayritom border post found 98 packages hidden under the trailer floor of an empty truck arriving from Afghanistan: 79 held 42.335 kg of hashish and 19 held 10.26 kg of opium, worth about 340,000 doses combined. A joint customs, border, security and police case is underway.
