Drugs are incinerated at a metal factory outside Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on June 26, 2020. Uzbekistan's law enforcement bodies have burned over half a ton of drugs, including 4.9 kg of heroin, to fight the inflow of narcotics from neighboring Afghanistan, Uzbekistan National News Agency reported Friday. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua)
TASHKENT, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan's law enforcement bodies have burned over half a ton of drugs, including 4.9 kg of heroin, to fight the inflow of narcotics from neighboring Afghanistan, Uzbekistan National News Agency reported Friday.
The drugs, seized by Uzbek drug enforcement agencies, were incinerated at a metal factory outside the capital of Tashkent, the agency said.
According to the National Information and Analysis Center for Drug Control under the Cabinet of Ministers, 5,026 narcotics-related criminal cases were registered in Uzbekistan in 2019. Enditem
