Two citizens of Afghanistan have been detained in Khatlon province with a large amount of narcotic drugs.
The press center of the Sughd police directorate says they have been detained at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon’s Hamadoni district on the basis of operational information received by the Khujand police department.
The detainees – the 48-year-old Islam waladi Juraboltu and the 29-year-old Murad Habibrahman waladi Mohamadali (both are residents of Afghanistan Takhar province) – reportedly turned out to be members of transnational criminal group.
More than 92 kilograms of narcotic drugs have been confiscated from them. A totaled included 79.15 kilograms of raw opium and 13.70 kilograms of hashish.
ИЗОБРАЖЕНИЕ
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against them under the provisions of Article 200 (4) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – drug trafficking; this article provides for punishment of up to 20 years in prison. An investigation is under way.
