DUSHANBE, June 14 (RIA Novosti) - Tajikistan's narcotics officers discovered and confiscated about 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of heroin in the north of the country on the border with Uzbekistan, a source in the Tajik Drug Control Agency said Thursday.
The source said the drugs were discovered in a cotton field only 200 meters (600 feet) from the border with Uzbekistan and belonged to a local criminal group.
"Most likely, the heroin was intended to be transported to Russia via Uzbekistan," the source said, adding that law enforcement officers were currently taking measures to detain members of the criminal group.
The narcotics trade has become an acute problem for the impoverished Central Asian republic of Tajikistan due to a continual flow of illegal drugs from neighboring Afghanistan, the world's largest supplier of heroin and opium.
