Two Uzbek women detained in northern Tajikistan for drug trafficking

DUSHANBE


, July 28, Asia-Plus – On Wednesday July 26, a joint operation by officers from the Drug Control Agency’s (DCA) directorate for Sughd, Tajik border guards and local security directorate led to the detention of two female drug couriers from


Uzbekistan


, according to information from the DCA.

The DCA source says that officers involved in the operation stopped a car “VAZ-2105” driven by the resident of the Tajik northern district of Isfara on the highway from Khujand to Isfara.  His twp passengers were two women from


Uzbekistan


.  When searching their luggage, the law enforcement officers discovered a package containing nearly one kilogram of heroin hidden in a bag of one of the women.   

The Sughd drug control directorate is investigating into the matter.