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Uzbek police seize 14 kg of heroin

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TASHKENT, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Police in southern Uzbekistan have seized 14 kg (30.8 lbs) of heroin in the Bukhara Region, a police source said on Tuesday.

The drugs were discovered by police in a gas cylinder during a stop check of a Nexia car driven by an Uzbek national. The driver admitted that he was to have received $2,000 for delivering the drugs.

A criminal case has been launched and an investigation is underway.

Former Soviet republics in Central Asia are major transit countries for drugs from Afghanistan, the world's largest heroin producer.

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