Heroin

Record drug seizure carried out by UN-trained team in Tajikistan

Tajik officials trained by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have seized some 560 kilogrammes of hashish and heroin in the single biggest bust in the Central Asian nation’s history.

Afghanistan: chemicals used for heroin production seized in UN-backed operation

More than three tons of precursor chemicals used to produce heroin were recently seized in Afghanistan in an operation supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).