Strong medicinal drug dealers arrested in Tashkent and Surkhandarya

During rapid response operations carried out by the Angren city division of the Department under the General Prosecutor's Office, in cooperation with the State Security Service and Internal Affairs bodies, individuals involved in the sale of strong medicinal drugs were apprehended.

During the operation, citizen O.H. was caught selling 10 units of the drug "Zardex" for 750,000 soums, and 88 units of the drug were seized as evidence.

Additionally, in the ongoing operation, drug suppliers to O.H., J.N. (55 units) and I.I. (500 units) were detained while selling strong medicinal drugs totaling 20.5 million soums.

Also, in another rapid operation conducted by the Department’s Uzun district division together with the State Security Service and Internal Affairs employees, citizen Q.E. and others were detained while selling 26 units of "Zardex" to citizen H.B. for 2.5 million soums.

Currently, criminal cases have been initiated under Article 251-1 of the Criminal Code (related to violations concerning narcotic drugs, their analogues, or psychotropic substances), and investigations are ongoing.