In the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan, employees of the State Security Service (SGB) of the Republic caught the Afghan drug trafficking. It is reported by the TV channel “Uzbekistan 24”.
Siloviki detained a citizen of Afghanistan, who illegally crossed the Uzbek-Afghan border across the Amudarya River. When inspection, he found and seized nine kilograms and 84 grams of opium.
In addition, law enforcement officers managed to catch two more drug trains near Samarkand and at the entrance to Tashkent. They were withdrawn almost nine opium kilograms.
criminal cases were initiated against attackers. Currently, measures are taken to establish their criminal relations.
earlier on the border with Afghanistan, a soldier of the Uzbek border troops was shot. According to the President of Uzbekistan of Shavkat Mirzieev, the border guard died in a shootout with the Afghan drug trafficking.
before that, the UN stated that the Radical Movement of the Taliban (recognized as terrorist and prohibited in Russia) managed to receive hundreds of millions of dollars from drug trafficking and from other illegal sources before seized power in Afghanistan.