Uzbek police seize 14 kg of heroin

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 US$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.