Tajik, Russian drug dealers arrested, 30 kilograms of heroin seized - FSB

MOSCOW. Dec 27 (Interfax) - The Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced the detention of an international drug smuggling group.

"Members of a drug smuggling group - citizens of Tajikistan and Russia - were apprehended. Their roles in the illegal drug operations were revealed and evidence of systematic drug shipments to Russia was collected," a representative of the Federal Security Service's press office told Interfax on Monday.

More than 30 kilograms of heroin were seized, the representative said.

The Federal Security Service opened the criminal case, the source noted.