Afghan, 31, held in Hamadoni with 43 kg of hashish and cannabis
Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency arrested a 31-year-old Afghan national in Hamadoni district, Khatlon, on 22 January 2010 and seized more than 43 kg of hashish and cannabis from him. The agency called him the leader of a group that had long smuggled Afghan drugs through Central Asia to Russia, and opened a criminal case while looking for his associates.
Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency arrested a 31-year-old Afghan national in
Hamadoni district, Khatlon, on 22 January 2010 as the suspected leader of a
smuggling group.[1]The man was detained in a staged special operation in the
border district of Hamadoni.[2]Officers seizedhashish and cannabis weighing
more than 43 kilograms in total at his detention.[2]Asia-Plus reported that
more than 43 kilograms of cannabis were confiscated from him.[1]
A criminal case was opened under Tajikistan’s Penal Code provisions on drug
trafficking for sale, smuggling and illegal crossing of the state border.[1]The agency’s investigative department opened that case, and the suspect was
placed in its temporary detention facility.[2]An investigation was under way,
and officers were working to identify and prosecute others involved in the same
case.[1]
The agency said the group had long smuggled drugs from Afghanistan through
Central Asia to Russia.[1]Avesta, citing the agency’s public relations
centre, described the group as one trafficking drugs, and it also reported the
43 kilograms figure.[3]
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The 43 kilograms is published only as a combined weight of hashish and cannabis, so the report cannot separate the two forms.
No breakdown between hashish and cannabis was published.
The detained man's nationality was stated but his name was not published.
No court outcome was reported; the agency said only that an investigation was under way.
The Avesta account says the case was handled by the agency's Khatlon regional department and does not name Hamadoni district, while Asia-Plus and Khovar place the arrest in Hamadoni on 22 January.
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