RUSSIAN POLICE MAKE MAJOR POT BUST

MOSCOW (AP) Police seized 1,320 pounds of marijuana from a truck
crossing into Russia from the Central Asian republic of Kazakstan,
the ITAR- Tass news agency said Sunday.

According to the report, the marijuana was stashed in 42 sacks in the
back of the truck, which was stopped by officials at a border
crossing near the central Siberian city of Omsk.

The truck's driver, as well as an unspecified number of passengers,
were arrested, ITAR-Tass said.

Kazakstan and other former Soviet republics in Central Asia have
become part of a major drug route leading from Afghanistan to Russia
and further into Europe.