Tajikistan Seizes 121 Kilograms Of Smuggled Methamphetamine Destined For China

The Drug Control Agency of Tajikistan announced on Monday that it had seized 121 kilograms of methamphetamine from the cargo of two trucks transporting transit goods from Afghanistan to China.

In a report released the same day, the agency’s head, Zafar Samad, stated that the shipment was intercepted last month.

According to the report, part of the smuggled drugs was discovered in a truck carrying a powdered mixture of precious stones on the Dushanbe-Kulma highway, near the Chinese border. The vehicle was transporting the gemstone powder from Afghanistan to China.

Another portion of the illicit shipment was seized in the Murghab district of Tajikistan's autonomous Badakhshan province.

Samad noted that synthetic drug production in Afghanistan has surged, leading to a 59% increase in the seizure of Afghan-origin synthetic drugs in Tajikistan in 2024.