Servicemen of the Border Troops of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan detained a large quantity of narcotics imported into Uzbekistan. This was reported by the State Security Service.
It was reported that the Cobalt, driven by a 33-year-old resident of the Besharik district of the Fergana region, was stopped when it entered the border customs post of Rovot in the Besharik district from Tajikistan. During the inspection of the car, 53 packages of narcotics were found inside the gas cylinder installed in its trunk. According to the expert conclusion, these packages contained 50 kg 852 grams of opium and 6 kg 927 grams of hashish.
During the pre-investigation check, it was revealed that the car owner was bringing this deadly poison from Dushanbe.
In the case recorded in the Samarkand region, a resident of the Urgut district, born in 1992, was stopped by officers of the State Security Service, the Customs Committee, and the Internal Affairs bodies in the Narpay district while driving a Gentra on the "Samarkand-Navoi" route. When the car was inspected in the presence of witnesses, 981 grams of heroin imported from Tajikistan were found in its trunk.
In a joint operation conducted by the State Security Service Department for Namangan region and the regional Department of Internal Affairs, a VAZ 2106 car traveling on the Andijan-Namangan route was stopped and inspected in the Naryn district. As a result, 1 kg 833 g of hashish substance was found in the car of the brothers, born in 1979 and 1986, living in the city of Andijan. The operation continued, and 1 kg 469 grams of hashish were seized from the residence of one of them.
During the pre-investigation check, it became known that these drugs were smuggled from Tajikistan for the purpose of subsequent sale and profit. It is noted that the eldest of the brothers was previously convicted of a crime related to drug trafficking.
In another case, a 40-year-old resident of Osh, Kyrgyz Republic, was detained while selling 3 kg 949 grams of hashish to a conditional buyer in Andijan for $28,000. It was established that the citizen of Kyrgyzstan received this deadly poison from a secret place in the Akhangaran district of the Tashkent region, which was previously left by Tajik drug couriers.
Currently, criminal cases have been initiated against all these individuals under Articles 246 and 273 of the Criminal Code, and a preventive measure of detention has been applied.
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