MOSCOW, March 15 (RIA Novosti) - Police seized more than 2 kilograms of heroin from three Tajik nationals arrested in central Moscow's Kievsky train station, a local law enforcement official said on Saturday.
"The three detainees are being investigated for involvement in an organized crime group specializing in the delivery of drugs to Russia," the official told RIA Novosti.
Much of the heroin sold in Russia is trafficked via Tajikistan. The narcotics trade has become an acute problem for the impoverished Central Asian republic due to a continual flow of illegal drugs from neighboring Afghanistan, the world's largest supplier of heroin and opium.
