NOV. 8 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) — A court in Malaysia sentenced three Uzbeks, two women and one man, to death after convicting them of trying to smuggle drugs into the country. Officials caught the three Uzbeks, one a pensioner and the other two unemployed, carrying 10kg of methamphetamine in their luggage at Kuala Lumpur airport.
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(News report from Issue No. 160, published on Nov. 13 2013)
JAN. 24 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Highlighting the institutionalised nature of the Afghanistan-Tajikistan drugs trade, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a story quoting US military officials accusing Kam air, the largest private Afghan airline, of ferrying opium between Kabul and Dushanbe. Kam Air denied the allegations.
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(News report from Issue No. 121, published on Jan. 25 2013)
JAN. 24 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Highlighting the institutionalised nature of the Afghanistan-Tajikistan drugs trade, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a story quoting US military officials accusing Kam air, the largest private Afghan airline, of ferrying opium between Kabul and Dushanbe. Kam Air denied the allegations.
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(News report from Issue No. 121, published on Jan. 25 2013)
AUG. 23 2012 (The Conway Bulletin) – A court in Dushanbe sentenced Ravshanbek Mirzoakhmadov, a senior Tajik anti-drug smuggling official, to 18 years in jail for drug smuggling, media reported. The sentence highlights just how invasive drug smuggling has become through Tajikistan’s bureaucracy.
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(News report from Issue No. 102, published on Aug. 24 2012)