KULOB, January 3, Asia-Plus - Dead body of a man was found in the area patrolled by Frontier Post # 8 of Unit 2133 of Tajikistan ’s Border Protection Committee (BPC) late Friday [December 30].

   According to information from the Kulob police directorate, the body was identified as Gholibjon Nazriyev, resident of the Village of Chubek in the border area of Hamadoni District of Khatlon Province.  The source has told Asia-Plus that Gholibjon already had conviction and the law enforcement officers do not rule out the possibility that he had contacts with drug traffickers.  

An operational group comprising representatives from the local police and military prosecutor’s office has been set up to investigate into the matter.