Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan Join Forces to Dismantle Afghan Drug Channel

Kazakhstan's National Security Committee has reported halting the activities of a drug smuggling channel from Afghanistan. According to NUR.KZ, which cited the committee's website, a special operation to dismantle an international drug channel along the so-called "Northern Route" was carried out jointly with special services from Russia and Uzbekistan.

During the operation in the city of Tyumen, Russia, two members of an international drug group were detained. Searches uncovered 30 kg of Afghan hashish, which the committee said could be worth around $300,000 on the black market.

Russia's competent authorities are conducting a pre-trial investigation into the case.