DUSHANBE, April 27 (RIA Novosti) - Tajik border guards have confiscated about 35 kilograms (77 pounds) of heroin on the border with Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Tajik National Security Committee's border control department said Friday.
Late Thursday, border guards arrested four trespassers carrying 35 packages of heroin, an AKS-1 rifle and 64 rounds of ammunition.
"A border unit arrested all four offenders, who are believed to be Afghan nationals," the source said. Investigators are trying to establish the destination of the drugs.
