Over 140kg of drugs seized in Belarus during special op in CIS

Over 140kg of drugs seized in Belarus during special operation in CIS

Belapan news agency, Minsk
29 Nov 04

Over 140 kg of drugs have been confiscated by law-enforcement bodies
in Belarus during the Kanal-2004 [Channel-2004] operation that was
held on the territory of the member states of the Collective Security
Treaty Organization (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan), the Belarusian news agency Belapan reported on 29
November. A total of 339 crimes were registered and 334 criminal cases
were instituted in Belarus during the Kanal-2004 operation, the news
agency added. The drugs, property, funds and material values that were
confiscated in Belarus during the operation are worth about 630,000
dollars, Belapan said.