TASHKENT, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Police in southern Uzbekistan have seized 14 kg (30.8 lbs) of heroin in the Bukhara Region, a police source said on Tuesday.
The drugs were discovered by police in a gas cylinder during a stop check of a Nexia car driven by an Uzbek national. The driver admitted that he was to have received $2,000 for delivering the drugs.
A criminal case has been launched and an investigation is underway.
Former Soviet republics in Central Asia are major transit countries for drugs from Afghanistan, the world's largest heroin producer.
