DUSHANBE , February 17, Asia-Plus - More than 32 kilograms of drugs have been intercepted in Farkhor district of Khatlon.  

According to the Interior Ministry’s press service, an operation by Tajik drug police in the area of the Amirsho Hasanov Collective Farm in Farkhor led to the arrest of the 27-year-old Afghan citizen Muhammad valadi Khoja.  More than 32 kilograms of raw opium were confiscated from him.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against the Afghan drug trafficker and investigation is under way.