Law enforcement agencies prevent illegal trade in potent drugs worth 650 million soums in Tashkent

Reportedly, in December 2022, employees of the MIA Department for Combating Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs received information that a native of the Bakhmal district of the Jizzakh region, citizen Umid, who lives in the capital’s Yangikhayot district, intended to sell a large batch of potent drug in the Tashkent region and the city of Tashkent.

An operative event was held on January 26, during which a student (born in 2002) and his accomplices (born in 1998 and 1995) were caught red-handed, while trying to sell 3,000 units of Zardex potent drug for $3,500 in the capital’s Chilanzar district. 

The operative-search group also detained two persons (born in 1993 and 1991), who were guarding the detainees in their car.

With the participation of attesting witnesses, a house was searched in the Chilanzar district, where the suspect temporarily lived. Another 12,000 units of Zardex and 1,108 units of Tropicamid were found in the bedroom.

During the operative-search activities, a total of 16,108 units of Zardex and Tropicamid drugs, which are valued at 649,440,000 soums on the black market, were seized from 5 detainees. 

During the preliminary investigation, the identity of the citizen who delivered the prohibited goods to Tashkent was established. Currently, an investigation is ongoing.