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Uzbekistan burns >1.4 tonnes of drugs

Staff Report

TASHKENT -- Uzbek law enforcement recently in Tashkent incinerated more than 1.4 tonnes of confiscated drugs, UzDaily reported June 28.

Authorities used the blast furnaces of a Tashkent company to destroy the drugs, which included 145kg of heroin and 665kg of opium. The event was timed to coincide with the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (June 26).

Uzbekistan lies on the “Northern Route” that Afghan drug producers use for smuggling narcotics to Europe.

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