More than 2 tons of drugs destroyed in Tashkent on Anti-Drug Day

    Safety&Sequrity 26 June 2025 703

    On June 26, the International Day against Drugs, Tashkent hosted a large-scale event to destroy 2 tons of 135 kg of narcotic drugs seized from illicit trafficking by the State Security Service and other law enforcement agencies of Uzbekistan.

    They were handed over for burning:

    · 99.8 kg of heroin,

    · 202.5 kg of opium,

    · 415.1 kg of hashish,

    · 395.7 kg of marijuana,

    · 613 kg of cannabis,

    · 153 kg of poppy straw,

    · 57.8 kg of mephedrone,

    · 29.6 kg of the synthetic drug a-PVP,

    · as well as other types of prohibited substances.

    The event became part of Uzbekistan's systematic fight against the drug threat and a demonstration of the determination of law enforcement agencies to eradicate drug crime.