DUSHANBE -- Tajik authorities seized a large quantity of drugs in the south and detained an Afghan suspect, the Tajik Interior Ministry (MVD) said in a Tuesday (August 15) statement on its website.
The seizure and arrest occurred in Galaba municipality, Farkhor District, Khatlon Province. Police identified the suspect as an Afghan man born in 1994.
The suspect had 520g of hashish and more than 27.3kg of opium in his possession when searched, said the MVD.