Tajik police seize 50 kg of Afghan heroin

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13:0222/06/2009

DUSHANBE, June 22 (RIA Novosti) - Tajik police have seized 50 kilograms (110 lbs) of heroin of Afghan origin, a police spokesman said on Monday.

The drugs were found on Sunday in a Toyota vehicle by traffic police officers at a checkpoint in the capital, Dushanbe, the spokesman said.

An investigation is underway.

Tajik police have seized a total of 1.2 tons of drugs since January, some 284 kilograms more than in the same period last year.

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