DUSHANBE, February 1, 2016, Asia-Plus – A 16-year-old Afghan national has reportedly been detained with a large amount of hashish in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

According to the Interior Ministry’s website, an operation carried out by officers of the Interior Ministry’s office in Gorno Badakhshan  on January 30 led to the arrest of the 16-year-old national of Afghanistan.

A package of narcotic drug that tested positive to hashish weighing nearly 4 kilograms and Makarov pistol were confiscated from him.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against the alleged drug trafficker and an investigation is under way