TAJIK EMBASSY CAR CARRIED HEROIN IN ALMATY.

Police yesterday found a large amount of pure heroin in a Tajik embassy car in Almaty. The Tajik driver was caught in the act of trying to sell part of the consignment, the office of Kazakstan’s Prosecutor General announced. (Russian agencies, June 26) Moscow often justifies its support for the Dushanbe government by claiming that the latter helps combat drug trafficking.

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