DUSHANBE, October 2, Asia-Plus - Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) have warded off an attempt of smuggling drugs via the Tursunzoda district intro Uzbekistan.

 Avaz Yuldoshev, a chide spokesman for the Tajik counternarcotics agency, said that their officer yesterday detained the 41-year-old resident of Tursunzoda.  A package containing one kilograms of raw opium was confiscated from him. 

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against him and an investigation is under way.