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Police in Tashkent, Uzbekistan have shut down a drug lab that was hiding narcotics inside sweets.

04 November 2026, 12:23 UTC - Daily Turkic - Original post on Telegram

Police in Tashkent, Uzbekistan have shut down a drug lab that was hiding narcotics inside sweets.

Police in Tashkent, Uzbekistan have shut down a drug lab that was hiding narcotics inside sweets.

Officers found marshmallows, biscuits and marmalade laced with drugs during the third stage of the nationwide Safe and Healthy Country operation, Tashkent_Land reports.

Why it matters: disguising drugs as children's sweets is exactly the kind of trick that spreads fast through schools and markets, and the bust shows how the trade is adapting to crackdowns.

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Source: https://t.me/daily_turkic/4110