Wednesday, 13 April 2005

RUSSIAN, TAJIK FORCES SEIZE 1,500 KILOGRAMS OF DRUGS ON TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER

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Avaz Yuldoshev, a spokesman for Tajikistan\'s Drug Control Agency, announced at a news conference in Dushanbe on 13 April that Russian and Tajik forces have confiscated 1,500 kilograms of narcotics in 2005. He said that heroin accounted for two thirds of the drug seizures. Yuldoshev stressed that drug production in Afghanistan continues to increase, adding that 50 laboratories for processing opium into heroin are constantly functioning in Afghanistan near the Tajik border.
Avaz Yuldoshev, a spokesman for Tajikistan\'s Drug Control Agency, announced at a news conference in Dushanbe on 13 April that Russian and Tajik forces have confiscated 1,500 kilograms of narcotics in 2005. He said that heroin accounted for two thirds of the drug seizures. Yuldoshev stressed that drug production in Afghanistan continues to increase, adding that 50 laboratories for processing opium into heroin are constantly functioning in Afghanistan near the Tajik border. Yuldoshev also pointed to cooperation with law-enforcement authorities in Afghanistan, noting that one joint operation with Afghan police led to the seizure of 80 kilograms of heroin. (ITAR-TASS)
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