Farmer’s brother cultivates cannabis on 20 acres in Kashkadarya

In the Kashkadarya region, authorities discovered that a farmer’s brother had been cultivating narcotics on 20 acres of farmland belonging to his sibling. The State Security Service (SSS) reported the incident.

The suspect, a resident of the Nishon district born in 2001, was found to have been growing cannabis on a farm specializing in cotton production, which was officially registered under his brother’s name. A total of 247 cannabis plants and 27 kilograms and 708 grams of marijuana were seized as evidence from the site.

A criminal case has been opened under Part 5 of Article 273 of Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code (illegal preparation, acquisition, storage, and trafficking of narcotic drugs, their analogues, or psychotropic substances, as well as their illegal distribution). The suspect has been placed in pre-trial detention, and investigative measures are ongoing.

Earlier, it was reported that an active member of a criminal group involved in the online trade of synthetic drugs was detained in Tashkent district. The suspect was identified as a third-year student at a private university in Tashkent.