DUSHANBE, April 15, 2014, Asia-Plus – Resident of Khatlon’s Panj district, Jamoliddin Yatmov, 20, has been detained with a large amount of narcotics in Dushanbe, the Interior Ministry’s website reported on April 15.

While searching the apartment Yatimov rented in Dushanbe, police officers have found Makarov pistol with six bullets and 36.7 kilograms of narcotics.  A totaled included 34.42 kilograms of hashish and 2.28 kilograms of raw opium.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against the detained drug peddler and an investigation is under way.