A Tajik national has been detained in Uzbekistan with 229 kg of heroin

Employees of the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs from Tajikistan to Russia. This was reported by Radio Ozodi.

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It is reported that at the checkpoint “Oybek,” located on the border of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, a truck traveling from Tajikistan through Uzbekistan to Russia was inspected.

During the inspection of the truck’s trailer, 232 packages of heroin weighing a total of 229 kg were discovered. There is no precise information on how the drugs passed through the Tajik checkpoint “Fotekhobod” to the Uzbek “Oybek.”

The authorities of Tajikistan have not commented on this incident.

This is not the first case where citizens of Tajikistan have been detained in Uzbekistan for drug smuggling. In November 2021, a large batch of drugs was seized at the same customs post “Oybek.” In a truck transporting 20.8 tons of grapes from Tajikistan to Russia, customs officers discovered 149.76 kg of hashish, 4.44 kg of opium, and 1.52 kg of heroin during the inspection.