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Uzbekistan
10/09/2008
Uzbek police seize 14 kg of heroin
The drugs were discovered by police in a gas cylinder during a stop check of a Nexia car driven by an Uzbek national. The driver admitted that he was to have received US$2,000 for delivering the drugs.
A criminal case has been launched and an investigation is underway.
Former Soviet republics in Central Asia are major transit countries for drugs from Afghanistan, the world’s largest heroin producer.
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