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Afghan police foil heroin smuggling to Tajikistan |
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08:31, May 05, 2008 |
Police in Afghanistan's northeast Badakhshan province foiled traffickers' attempt to smuggle heroin to Tajikistan, said a statement of Interior Ministry released Sunday.
"Police on Sunday thwarted smugglers' attempt to take 60 kg heroin to Tajikistan, "the statement said.
However, it said those involved in the black business escaped.
Afghanistan with an output of 8,200 tons of opium poppy in 2007 topped the poppy growing nations in supplying the raw material in manufacturing heroin in the world.
The Afghan government is trying to make 20 out of the country's34 provinces poppy-free this year.
Source:Xinhua
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