Over 20 tons of drugs seized by Russian drug police in special operation in Afghanistan

MOSCOW. March 12. KAZINFORM More than 20 tons of heroin and morphine have been seized in a joint operation staged by the Russian drug police and Afghanistan's law enforcers in the territory of that country, Viktor Ivanov, the director of the Russian anti-drug authority, said on Tuesday.

"Several drug laboratories were eliminated and some 21 tons of heroin and morphine were seized in a special operation in one of Afghanistan's provinces," he said. The operation crowned months-long search conducted jointly with the Afghan police.

"Virtually, it was a year's volume of heroin deliveries to Russia," he added.

Published by Itar-Tass