Some 80 kg of heroin seized in Dushanbe-Moscow train

ROSTOV-ON-DON. August 28. KAZINFORM Smuggling of a major batch of drugs has been prevented in Russia's south. About 80 kilograms of heroin were found and seized during an examination of the Dushanbe-Moscow train at the customs post in the Astrakhan Region, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

As ITAR-TASS learnt at the Southern Customs Department, this is one of the biggest batches of drugs seized in Russia's south over the last ten years.

Packages with Afghan heroin were hidden in sacks with greens.

Criminal proceedings were instituted, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com .