Uzbek customs said it had discovered and seized 52 kilograms and 595 grams of narcotics in a cargo truck that had entered the country from Afghanistan. The shipment was found at the Ayrtom border crossing in Surkhandarya province.<\/p>\n
According to the Uzbekistan Customs Committee, the incident took place on the evening of Oct. 1 at around 10:30 p.m. The cargo truck was empty and was being driven by a 34-year-old resident of Termez district.<\/p>\n
Customs officials said a drug-sniffing dog’s reaction prompted the truck to be stopped for a more thorough inspection. During the search, officers found 98 packages of narcotics hidden skillfully inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Investigations showed the packages had been wrapped in four layers of plastic, foil and adhesive tape to evade scanning and X-ray machines. Of these, 79 packages contained hashish weighing 42 kilograms and 335 grams, and 19 packages contained opium weighing 10 kilograms and 260 grams.<\/p>\n
In recent months, Uzbek security forces have also discovered and seized several drug shipments in Surkhandarya, along the border with Afghanistan, including one shipment weighing nearly 600 kilograms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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