DUSHANBE, January 15, 2015, Asia-Plus -- An operation carried out by officers from the Interior Ministry’s office for the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Khorog’s Niwodak area on January 13 led to the arrest of the 43-year-old Afghan national Qurbonbek waladi Mamadafzal, according to the Interior Ministry’s website.
45.8 kilograms of raw opium and 4.2 kilograms of hashish were confiscated from him.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against the detained drug trafficker and an investigation is under way, the source said.
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