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Large amount of heroin seized at Dushanbe railroad station

DUSHANBE, March 19, 2010, Asia-Plus  — Customs officers seized a large amount of heroin at the Dushanbe railroad station yesterday, according to the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan. An inspection of passengers on the train Dushanbe-Moscow found 13.385 kilograms of heroin in a flask of grease belonging to the 34-year-old Lutfullo Mirahmadov, the […]

Nargis Hamroboyeva

DUSHANBE, March 19, 2010, Asia-Plus  — Customs officers seized a large amount of heroin at the Dushanbe railroad station yesterday, according to the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan.

An inspection of passengers on the train Dushanbe-Moscow found 13.385 kilograms of heroin in a flask of grease belonging to the 34-year-old Lutfullo Mirahmadov, the source said.

The transportation prosecutor’s general has instituted criminal proceedings against Mirahmadov and an investigation is under way.   

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