KHUJAND, April 14, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- The 31-yearold resident of Sughd’s Bobojonghafurov district Yoqub Ahmadov, suspected of having called for violent change of the constitutional order in Tajikistan, has been detained in Russia’s Tyumen region, according to the Sughd police directorate.

The source said Ahmadov was arrested on April 12 in a joint operation carried out by officers from the Tajik Interior Ministry criminal investigation directorate and the criminal investigation department of the Dushanbe police directorate.  Ahmadov was already transported to Dushanbe.  He had been wanted by Tajik police since April 2008. 

Ahmadov faces charges of calls for the forcible overthrow of or change to the constitutional order of Tajikistan (Article 307 of Tajikistan’s Penal Code).