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. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake