Uzbek border guards seize 30 kg heroin from Tajik citizen


Uzbek newspaper 'Vatanparvar'
December 6

Uzbek border guards have seized 30 kg of heroin from a Tajik citizen who attempted to cross the Uzbek-Tajik border on horseback. When detained, a 19-years-old Tajik citizen said that he was carrying two bagfuls of paint to Uzbekistan.

When district forensic scientists examined the contents of the bags, they found that the 'paint' in 30 cellophane packages was heroin weighing more than 30 kilograms. Criminal proceedings were instituted against the offender.