On the border with Afghanistan, an armed group of transnational smugglers, consisting of 8 people, violated the line of the state border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan on the night of April 28 at the 184th mark of the protected zone of the 9th Tishor border outpost of the Khorog Border Detachment, reports the Khovar agency. .
The group was led by Dodihudo, who also included several residents of the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. They planned to transport drugs on an especially large scale, weapons and ammunition, explained the press service of the Khorog Border Detachment of the Border Troops Department of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region.
The smugglers did not obey the order of the Tajik border guards to surrender. As a result of the clash, the violators left drugs, weapons and ammunition at the scene and, using the dark time of the day, fled to the side of Afghanistan.
At the scene, 3 accomplices of Afghan smugglers, citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan, were detained.
45 kg of heroin, 1 Kalashnikov assault rifle with 4 magazines, 74 rounds of ammunition, 1 special night vision device, 10 thousand US dollars were found and seized at the scene of the incident.
During an armed skirmish with Afghan smugglers, one serviceman of Tajikistan was killed.
A criminal case has been initiated on this fact, operational-search and investigative measures are being carried out, the agency reports.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
April 28, 2023