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Security agencies from Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan seize 30 kg of Afghan cannabis in joint anti-drug operation
Authorities in Tyum, Russia, arrested two suspects and confiscated cannabis worth approximately $300,000 as part of a coordinated effort to disrupt an international drug trafficking network along the so-called 'Northern Route' from Afghanistan, according to Kazakhstan's National Security Committee.
Security services from Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan have disrupted a major drug trafficking channel for narcotics originating in Afghanistan, seizing 30 kilograms of hashish in the process, officials said.
The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported that a joint operation in the Russian city of Tyumen resulted in the detention of two individuals linked to an international drug ring. A search of their premises uncovered the cannabis, which officials estimate could be worth around $300,000 on the black market.
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