Drug Seizures and Trafficking Routes - Kyrgyzstan

Data of law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyz Republic for 2007 shows that large consignment seizures (over 100 kg) are concentrated on the south along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The map clearly traces two routes of heroin trafficking from Tajikistan to Kyrgyzstan:
1. Khorugh (Tajikistan)-Murgab (Tajikistan)-Osh (Kyrgyzstan) located on the route “Khorugh-Osh” adjacent to mountain massifs in Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan. The largest seizures of heroin were made along this route.
2. Khujand (Tajikistan)-Batken (Kyrgyzstan)-Osh (Kyrgyzstan). Seizures registered in the south of Kyrgyzstan were made on highways and adjacent areas of Sughd region in Tajikistan through Batken region of Kyrgyzstan and in Osh city.
In northern Kyrgyzstan, heroin seizures were made in Chui province and are concentrated around Bishkek which makes it possible to trace drug trafficking routes to Kazakhstan.
 
According to official estimates, 30% of heroin trafficked through Kyrgyzstan is destined for internal consumption, 10% for Kazakhstan and the rest, 60%, is transported to the Russian Federation. Kyrgyz experts estimate that heroin is transported to other countries by road. [1]

[1] UN Annual Reports Questionnaire for 2007, Kyrgyzstan