Director of Uzbekistan's national information and analytical drug control center Kamal Dusmetov announced this on Thursday at the meeting with journalists organized by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
According to Mr. Dusmetov, illegal production of opium poppy is growing in Afghanistan. Moreover, Afghanistan accounts for 75% of heroin produced in the world, he added.
Afghanistan has become a main source of cannabis and a destination point of smuggling of psychotropic substances and precursors.
About 90% (29-30 tons) of heroin produced in Afghanistan goes via the so-called 'northern route', Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia and European countries, Kamal Dusmetov said.
About 8-9 tons stay in transit countries, he noted.
