Attempts to smuggle drugs from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan thwarted in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan’s security services discovered and confiscated several batches of drugs smuggled into Uzbekistan from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

According to Uzbek media, in the Fergana region of Uzbekistan, during a search of the apartment of a resident of the Tashlak district (born in 2006), officers of the State Security Service (SSS) of Uzbekistan found 27.57 kg of hashish and 3.97 kg of opium, which “he planned to sell later.”

According to the SSS of Uzbekistan, these drugs were smuggled into Uzbekistan from Tajikistan.

It was also reported that a 37-year-old resident of the Kurghantepa district in the Andijan region of Uzbekistan was detained while attempting to sell 1.8 kg of mephedrone for 80 thousand dollars. An additional 2.7 kg of mephedrone was also seized from his home. According to the investigation, the drug was smuggled into Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan.

Additionally, SSS officers, during a check of a Damas vehicle in the Andijan region driven by a resident of the Andijan district, found 2,800 units of the potent drug “Regapen” and 957 bottles of “Tropicamid,” which were smuggled into Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan.

The SSS reported that all these individuals have been detained. Criminal cases have been initiated on these facts, and an investigation is underway.

This is not the first time that smugglers transporting drugs from Tajikistan have been detained in Uzbekistan.

Earlier, it was reported that in October of this year, SSS officers and Uzbek border guards discovered nearly 90 kg of drugs on the Tajik-Uzbek border. At that time, smugglers attempted to transport 39 kg 409 g of heroin, 35 kg 745 g of opium, and 14 kg 545 g of hashish from Tajikistan to Uzbekistan.

Also, in August 2023, Uzbek customs officers and border guards detained a vehicle at the “Oybek” post on the Tajik-Uzbek border, in which more than 55 kg of drugs were attempted to be smuggled into Uzbekistan, hidden in the fuel tank and gas cylinder.