In the area of responsibility of one of the frontier border detachment "Panj" on Tajik-Afghan state border on the 5th of September at 19:55 was prevented the attempt of illegal crossing the line of the state border and smuggling of narcotic substances by the border guard.
As reported the press secretary of the national security committee of border troops of Tajikistan Muhammad Ulughojaev, an unidentified armed group of drug smugglers, consisting of 5 people, during the illegal crossing of the state border line faced the border guard.
"The trespassers did not obey the requirements of the border and between the offenders and the guards started an armed skirmish in the result of which one trespasser was killed, the other smuggler were unable to resist and fled to neighboring territories," – said the spokesman.
As a result of the examination of the scene were found and seized about 39 kilograms of hashish, one foreign-made rifle AK 7.62, 146 rounds of 7.62 caliber and 1 mobile phone.
