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Kyrgyzstan|justice & crime|May 21, 2021 / 09:41 AM
Kyrgyz and Russian security forces foil trafficking in more than 810 kilograms of heroin from Asia to the Netherlands
AKIPRESS.COM - Security forces of Kyrgyzstan and Russia foiled large-scale heroin smuggling from Golden Crescent region of South Asia (Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan) to the Netherlands through the territory of Eurasian Economic Union states, said the Russian Federal Customs Service on May 20.
International criminal group intended smuggling of heroin in 200 kg shipments to the Netherlands. However, the uncovering of the logistics scheme allowed to prevent the first four shipments, the statement said.
More than 810 kg of heroin was arrested.
| Publication date 13 May 2021 | 17:47 ICT
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