Pubdate: Sun, 18 Apr 1999
Source: Associated Press
Copyright: 1999 Associated Press

RUSSIAN POLICE MAKE MAJOR POT BUST

MOSCOW (AP)   Police seized 1,320 pounds of marijuana from a truck
crossing  into Russia from the Central Asian republic of Kazakstan,
the ITAR- Tass news  agency said Sunday.

According to the report, the marijuana was stashed in 42 sacks in the
back  of the truck, which was stopped by officials at a border
crossing near the  central Siberian city of Omsk.

The truck's driver, as well as an unspecified number of passengers,
were arrested, ITAR-Tass said.

Kazakstan and other former Soviet republics in Central Asia have
become part of a major drug route leading from Afghanistan to Russia
and further into Europe.
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