3.6 tons of drugs confiscated in Kyrgyzstan in 2021

15:49, 28 декабря 2021, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Yuri KOPYTIN

Since the beginning of the year, police officers have confiscated 3,605 kilograms of drugs in Kyrgyzstan. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

The following drugs were seized:

• 20,036 grams of opium;
• 6,131 grams of heroin;
• 217,135 grams of hashish;
• 290,556 grams of marijuana;
• 326,982 grams of cannabis plants;
• 2,496,460 grams of precursors;
• 11,055 grams of psychotropic substances;
• 21 grams of pharmaceuticals;
• 66 grams of opium poppy;
• 236,506 grams of other drugs.

Some 13 foreigners were detained for drug trafficking: four citizens of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, three citizens of Russia, three citizens of Pakistan and three citizens of the United States. More than 670 kilograms of drugs of all kinds were seized from them.