Joint operation yields over 600 kg of drugs in Tajikistan
Asia-Plus news agency
23 Nov 04
Dushanbe, 23 November: The second stage of the complex preventive
operation Kanal-2004 ended in all the member states of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on 22 November. The operation,
which was aimed at combating drug trafficking, involved the special
services of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan.
Over 621 kg of drugs were seized by the joint efforts of all power
wielding structures and Russian border guards in Tajikistan between
15 and 22 November, the head of the press centre of the Drug Control
Agency at the Tajik president, Avaz Yuldoshev, told Asia-Plus this
morning.
“Over this period, 100 kg of heroin and 232 kg of raw opium were
seized, and the remaining drugs were concentrated hashish and
marihuana,” Yuldoshev said. He said that seven fire-arms and 56
cartridges for them had also been found and seized from drug dealers
during the operation.
An interdepartmental meeting will sum up the final results of the
Kanal-2004 special operation this evening.
The first stage of the annual operation, the aim of which was to
block the routes of trafficking of drugs, psychotropic substances
and precursors on the territory of the CSTO member-states, was held
in September this year. The operation seized 92 kg of drugs, half of
which was heroin.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress