Authorities uncover widespread illegal drug storage in Tashkent (video)

The illegal sale of drugs without quality certificates was prevented. This was reported by the State Security Service.

It was noted that during the inspection of the residence of a citizen born in 1949 and his son born in 1979 in the Almazar district, it was found that there were 3,615 boxes of 72 drugs, such as "Trenaxa", "Sumamigren", and "Femilex", with a total value of more than 1 billion soums, in the basement of the house. These items were registered in accordance with procedural regulations.

During the pre-investigation, it was found that the father and son were regularly purchasing such drugs—illegally imported into the country from the valley regions—at low prices and selling them to customers in the capital.

According to the conclusion of the state institution "Center for the Safety of Pharmaceutical Products", these drugs were not registered in the state register, no certificates of conformity were issued, and the established rules for storing them under special conditions were violated. Therefore, the storage, sale, transportation, and medical use of these drugs are prohibited.

It is reported that a criminal case has been initiated against the offenders under Article 25,186-3 of the Criminal Code (Production, preparation, acquisition, storage, transportation, or sale of low-quality or counterfeit drugs or medical products for the purpose of sale; sale of drugs or medical products outside pharmacies and their branches; as well as violation of the procedure for retail sale of drugs containing potent substances by prescription), and investigative actions are currently underway.

In this regard, during an operational operation conducted in collaboration with the Department for Combating Economic Crimes, it was revealed that 57,407 suspicious medicines of 456 types, 835 fake empty boxes of 18 types of medicines, and one drug preparation device were being stored for sale in one of the pharmacies in Tashkent. All items were seized as material evidence.

According to the experts' conclusion, the total value of the seized medicines amounts to 3.5 billion soums.

It was also revealed that 160 types of these medicines were not registered in the state register, 274 types lacked certificates of conformity, 50 types were of poor quality or had expired shelf lives, and 7 types were counterfeit.

A criminal case has also been initiated against pharmacy officials and others under Article 186-3 of the Criminal Code, and investigations are ongoing.

It should be recalled that earlier in Tashkent, a person was detained for selling medicines of unguaranteed quality worth 16,600 US dollars.