Counternarcotic agencies of Russia and Kazakhstan seized about 260 kilograms of heroin
Astana. January 10. Kazakhstan Today - Counternarcotic agencies of Russia and Kazakhstan during the raid seized about 260 kilograms of heroin, Kazakhstan Today reports.
Operation "Transit" to curb the activities of transnational drug traffickers, organized the delivery channel of Afghan heroin from Kyrgyzstan through Kazakhstan to Russia, held at the end of last year, by National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Federal Service for Drug Control of the Russian Federation.
In particular, in the city of Kemerovo was detained a truck with vegetables, in which 83.5 kilograms of heroin were found. Also a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, the recipient of drugs, had more than 9 kilograms of heroin.
In the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan in the second phase of the "Transit" operation security services detained a car driven by a citizen of Kazakhstan. In bags with onions wrapped in duct tape found 103 packages with the drug. In addition, heroin found in 504 bulbs - one bulb up to 200 grams - which was 164.5 kilograms of heroin and 44 kilograms of hashish.
The total amount of drugs seized in a joint international operation "Transit" was more than 257 kilograms of heroin and 44 kilograms of hashish.
National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2012, held nine international operations with the special services of Russia, Kyrgyzstan and China. The committee by itself prevented 63 international drug channels and 24 drug groups, derived from illicit 4.09 tons of drugs, including 290.5 kilograms of heroin. The cost of the seized drugs is over 1.9 billion tenge.
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