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Over 20 kg of heroin seized on Dushanbe-Moscow train

Drug elimination

15:22 29/06/2009

MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian customs officers have seized more than 20 kilograms of heroin from conductors on a train from Tajikistan bound for Moscow, the Federal Security Service said on Monday.

The drugs, hidden in six plastic bags, were found on Sunday during a check on the train. The train conductors and two Tajik nationals have been detained, a spokesman said.

In a separate incident, customs officers at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg detained a Tajik national on Sunday who had swallowed some 600 grams of heroin.

Investigations are ongoing.

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