TAJIK POLICE SEIZE 13 KILOS OF RAW OPIUM NEAR AFGHAN BORDER.

DUSHANBE, April 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Tajik policemen on Wednesday
checked an attempt to traffic 13 kilograms of raw opium across the
Afghan border in the Shuorabhad region in the south-east of Tajikistan.

According to the Interior Ministry of the republic, the drugs were
found in a hiding place of a Niva car belonging to a Tajik citizen.
The driver was detained.

Commenting on the incident, the press centre of the Tajik Interior
Ministry told Tass that the drug trafficking had been sharply growing
in scale in the republic.