Afghan citizen detained with more than 40 kg of hashish in Tajikistan
Dushanbe, 30.05.2016 / NIAT «Khovar» /. 52-year-old citizen of Afghanistan, who is temporarily living in Dushanbe, has been detained by Tajik police on suspicion of having been involved in drug trafficking, Tajik Interior Ministry’s website reported today.
The preliminary investigation has reportedly established that he together with his accomplices smuggled more than 40 kilograms of hashish into Tajikistan and hid the drugs in the Chubek jamoat of the Hamadoni district, Khatlon Region.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against the detained drug peddler and an investigation is under way, the source said.
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