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Over 29 tons of drugs seized in Russia in Jan.-Sept.

13:37 29/10/2008

MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - Over 29 metric tons of drugs were seized in Russia in the first nine months of 2008, the Federal Drug Control Service said in a report on Wednesday.

The figure includes 1.2 metric tons of heroin, 254 kg of opium, 11.7 metric tons of marijuana and over 100 kg of synthetic drugs.

A total of 741 foreign nationals from 19 countries were detained for drug-related crimes during the period.

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