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Drug peddler detained at Dushanbe airport

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2008, Asia-Plus  — Customs officers have seized some 800 grams of heroin at the Dushanbe airport, a source at the Customs Service told Asia-Plus on Wednesday.      An inspection of passengers on the November 25 Dushanbe-Moscow flight found heroin hidden in package of raisins belonging to the 25-year-old resident of GBAO’s Roshtqala district, […]

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Nargis Hamroboyeva

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2008, Asia-Plus  — Customs officers have seized some 800 grams of heroin at the Dushanbe airport, a source at the Customs Service told Asia-Plus on Wednesday.     

An inspection of passengers on the November 25 Dushanbe-Moscow flight found heroin hidden in package of raisins belonging to the 25-year-old resident of GBAO’s Roshtqala district, the source said.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against him on drug trafficking charges and investigation is under way.   

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