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08TASHKENT743
2008-06-27 09:29:00
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Embassy Tashkent
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UZBEKISTAN BURNS 1,435 KG OF NARCOTICS IN CEREMONY
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UNCLAS TASHKENT 000743
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, INL FOR ANDREW BUHLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN BURNS 1,435 KG OF NARCOTICS IN CEREMONY
UNCLAS TASHKENT 000743
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, INL FOR ANDREW BUHLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN BURNS 1,435 KG OF NARCOTICS IN CEREMONY
1. (SBU) During a June 26 ceremony at a facility in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan's National Security Service (NSS) burned 1,435 kg
of narcotics while representatives from the United States,
Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Czech, Turkish, and French
Embassies, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, and
local and international press watched. (Note: According to
an Embassy LES, this ceremony takes place every year on June
26. End note.) A convoy of Government of Uzbekistan (GOU)
vehicles including two trucks laden with the narcotics drove
up to the "UzVtorCvetMet," or Uzbekistan Recycling Nonferrous
Metal Company, accompanied by armed NSS officers. As members
of the diplomatic community and the press crowded around, NSS
officers unloaded sacks of drugs into a large container
attached to a crane. GOU representatives sliced open the
bags to reveal heroin, opium, and marijuana to observers.
The crane then deposited the sacks into the warehouse's ovens
until the contents of both trucks had been destroyed.
2. (SBU) The NSS Press Center provided attendees with a press
release indicating that the narcotics load consisted of 492
kg of heroin, 822 kg of opium, 133.5 kg of marijuana, and 6
kg of hashish, poppy straw, tablets and ampoules with
psychotropic substances. All of the drugs had been
confiscated in 2007-2008 and had been used as material
evidence during criminal proceedings. The press release
cited information from Uzbekistan's State Commission for Drug
Control, indicating that Uzbekistan's law enforcement bodies
had seized a total of 2,113.7 kg of narcotics--including
730.9 kg of opium, 680.8 kg of marijuana, and 479.9 kg of
heroin--in 2007. It also noted that Uzbekistan has destroyed
40,500 kg of narcotics since 1994.
NORLAND
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, INL FOR ANDREW BUHLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN BURNS 1,435 KG OF NARCOTICS IN CEREMONY
1. (SBU) During a June 26 ceremony at a facility in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan's National Security Service (NSS) burned 1,435 kg
of narcotics while representatives from the United States,
Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Czech, Turkish, and French
Embassies, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, and
local and international press watched. (Note: According to
an Embassy LES, this ceremony takes place every year on June
26. End note.) A convoy of Government of Uzbekistan (GOU)
vehicles including two trucks laden with the narcotics drove
up to the "UzVtorCvetMet," or Uzbekistan Recycling Nonferrous
Metal Company, accompanied by armed NSS officers. As members
of the diplomatic community and the press crowded around, NSS
officers unloaded sacks of drugs into a large container
attached to a crane. GOU representatives sliced open the
bags to reveal heroin, opium, and marijuana to observers.
The crane then deposited the sacks into the warehouse's ovens
until the contents of both trucks had been destroyed.
2. (SBU) The NSS Press Center provided attendees with a press
release indicating that the narcotics load consisted of 492
kg of heroin, 822 kg of opium, 133.5 kg of marijuana, and 6
kg of hashish, poppy straw, tablets and ampoules with
psychotropic substances. All of the drugs had been
confiscated in 2007-2008 and had been used as material
evidence during criminal proceedings. The press release
cited information from Uzbekistan's State Commission for Drug
Control, indicating that Uzbekistan's law enforcement bodies
had seized a total of 2,113.7 kg of narcotics--including
730.9 kg of opium, 680.8 kg of marijuana, and 479.9 kg of
heroin--in 2007. It also noted that Uzbekistan has destroyed
40,500 kg of narcotics since 1994.
NORLAND