DUSHANBE
, August 7, Asia-Plus – Officers from the Interior Ministry department for combating drug trafficking (drug police) has warded off another attempt of drug trafficking in northern
Tajikistan
.
According to information from the Tajik drug police, a 34-year-old resident of the Tajik northern city of
Panjakent
, Ms. Malikakhon Bohirova, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of having been involved in drug trafficking. When searching her house the drug police discovered more than two kilograms of heroin. Investigation is under way.
Some 14 kilograms of heroin have been intercepted by police over the past week, according to the source.
