Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 9 January 2023, during an operational event carried out by officers of the Dangara District Department of Internal Affairs, a 42-year-old citizen T.I., who intended to sell a person invited to the event as a buyer, a brown substance with a pungent odor, wrapped in a transparent plastic bag, for 1 million soums. 

Money in the amount of 1 million soums was seized from her, and a substance that looked like a narcotic was taken from a special buyer. This was reported by the press service of the Investigation Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the conclusion of the forensic chemical examination, the composition of the substance seized during the operation contains the active narcotic substance "tetrahydrocannabinol" and it has the name "hashish", the mass of which was 1.81 grams.

On this fact, in relation to citizen T.I. a criminal case was initiated under part 2 of article 273 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and on the basis of this article she was charged and a measure of restraint in the form of bail was applied.

Investigations are currently underway.

It is worth noting that, according to the norms of the Criminal Code, the punishment for this type of crime is provided in the form of imprisonment for a term of five to seven years.