Drug statistics
Drug Seizures and Trafficking Routes in the Central Asia Countries
The data submitted to UNODC by law enforcement agencies of the Central Asia region are essential for understanding of the drug situation in each country.
Heroin Seizures in Eurasia
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Heroin seizures in Central Asia, 2007
Drug Seizures and Trafficking Routes - Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan. Opium and heroin enter Uzbekistan through the south (Surkhandarya province), south-east (Syrdarya and Samarkand provinces) and north-east (Tashkent province, Ferghana Valley) regions bordering Tajikistan, and directly from Afghanistan (along the Amudarya River).[1] The map of Uzbekistan below shows heroin seizures over 1kg made in the country in 2007.
Drug Seizures and Trafficking Routes - Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan. Law enforcement agencies in Turkmenistan report an increase in drug smuggling into the country across its borders with Afghanistan, Iran and Uzbekistan. For example, on the border with Uzbekistan, in Dashoguz province, two large heroin seizures, 50 kg and 25 kg, were made in 2008.
Drug Seizures and Trafficking Routes - Tajikistan
As shown on the map, seizures made in 2007 by the Drug Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan make it possible to identify possible drug trafficking routes from Afghanistan to Tajikistan and further. Places of seizures along the Tajik-Afghan border point to the following main crossing points: Farkhor (200 kg), Ishkashim (up to 50 kg), Shuroobod (less than 10 kg), Shugnan (Khorugh, less than 10 kg).
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:
