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Uzbek citizen, trying to take opium to Mecca detained
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- 19 August, 2017
- 09:53
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Baku. 19 August. REPORT.AZ/ A resident of Uzbekistan's Samarkand city, Shamshi Ahrorov was detained while trying to take opium and foreign currencies to Mecca.
Report informs citing CA-NEWS, he was detained by Uzbek Customs Committee officers at the Samarkand airport.
72 grams of opium and 5,722 US-dollars as well as national currencies of other states were revealed on him and seized.
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Özbəkistanlı zəvvar Məkkəyə tiryək aparmaq istəyərkən tutulub
В Узбекистане задержан паломник, пытавшийся вывезти в Мекку опий и валюту
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