DUSHANBE, June 18, 2012, 2012, Asia-Plus — Police officers have discovered a huge drug cache in the Shouroobod district, Khatlon province.
An official source at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) says the law enforcement officers discovered the cache in the Devolbars area on June 15.
The MoI official website reports that one bayonet and 20 bags of narcotic drug that tested positive to cannabis weighing nearly 419 kilograms were extracted from the hide. The cache reportedly belongs to Afghan drug smugglers.
We will recall that more than 100 kilograms of cannabis were seized in the same area on June 10. An armed clash reportedly took place between police officers and a group of Afghan armed drug traffickers during a special operation launched in the Devolbars. The police officers fought off the armed smuggler who went into hiding on the neighboring territory [Afghanistan]. Over 100 kg of the cannabis group of drugs and a TOZ-16 rifle were found at the scene of the incident.
Besides, more than 90 kilograms of drugs were seized in the Devolbars area during a special operation on June 6.
