Tajikistan destroyed 107.6 tons of medicines, medical devices, cosmetic and hygiene products, and food items deemed unfit for use in the first half of 2026, First Deputy Minister of Health Salomuddin Yusufi said at a news conference on July 8.

According to the Ministry of Health, the destroyed products included expired, counterfeit and illegally imported goods, as well as products that lacked the necessary quality and compliance documents.

During inspections of pharmacies and pharmaceutical institutions, 912 types of medicines and medical devices were withdrawn from circulation, totaling 32,015 units.

Among them were more than 11,000 units of expired medicines, over 2,000 units without certificates of conformity, and about 18,800 units that did not meet regulatory requirements.

Inspections were also carried out in medical institutions, where another 168 units of medicines and medical devices were seized.

The ministry said the products were destroyed by burning under the supervision of a special commission.

Compared with the same period last year, the volume of destroyed products decreased by 22 tons.

Earlier in Dushanbe, police uncovered an underground workshop allegedly producing counterfeit medicines.

According to the capital’s Police Department, counterfeit syrups, including children’s medicines, were produced there under the brands Nurofen, Paracetamol, Lazolvan, Theraflu and others. Police said the products were manufactured in unsanitary conditions.

A 42-year-old Dushanbe resident, Otabek Dadajonov, who had previously been convicted of several economic crimes, was detained on suspicion of organizing the production. Alleged accomplices who, according to investigators, were involved in packaging and distributing the products were also detained.

During searches, law enforcement officers seized about 35,900 bottles of syrup, more than 405,000 packages and labels, over 600 kilograms of raw materials and production equipment.