In Tomsk, a drug group of natives of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan with heroin was detained

They were engaged in the retail sale of drugs through caches.
The leader and four members of an ethnic group that sells drugs in the Siberian Federal District were detained in Tomsk. They found bundles with 1 kg of heroin in their car.

"Employees of the Office for Drug Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Tomsk Region suppressed the activities of an ethnic organized group engaged in the sale of drugs in the Siberian Federal District. <...> At the entrance to the regional center [Tomsk], the leader of the group, a native of the Republic of Tajikistan, born in 1976, was detained who organized a channel for the supply of drugs to the territory of the region," the statement said.

During the search, two bundles of black polymeric material were found in his car. The examination established that their contents were heroin with a total weight of more than 1 kg.

Four more members of the group were also detained: three citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan born in 1984, 2003 and 2002 and one citizen of Tajikistan born in 1982.

According to preliminary data, they were engaged in the retail sale of drugs through caches.

The police seized more than 200 packages of prohibited substances, packaging material, and found more than 10 bookmarks.

Four criminal cases were initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 30, part 4, 5 p. 228.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted crime; illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs). All defendants were charged and a measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen.

source: asiaplustj.info