Kyrgyz Service of Drug Control Shows Results in Drug Seizure

Several operations conducted by the State Service on Drug Control of the Kyrgyz Republic (SSDC) in 2011 have resulted in the confiscation of drugs worth approximately US$ 24.5 million.

Several operations conducted by the State Service on Drug Control of the Kyrgyz Republic (SSDC) in 2011 have resulted in the confiscation of drugs worth approximately US$ 24.5 million.

These latest results follow to signed in April 2011 UNODC project  "Strengthening the State Service on Drug Control of the Kyrgyz Republic" between UNODC and the Kyrgyz Government which supports the re-established State Service on Drug Control in a bid to assist in building the capacity and effectiveness of countering illicit drug trafficking. Project  is providing comprehensive support to the new State Service in order to increase its capacities for interceptions of trafficking of Afghan opiates flows in the country.

In September 2011, UNODC Programme Office in Kyrgyzstan facilitated two week training on intelligence analysis for the  SSDC intelligence unit under the project "Strengthening the State Service on Drug Control of the Kyrgyz Republic", which is a part of the UNODC Integrated Country Programme for Kyrgyzstan. It is a very practical training based on ANACAPA techniques. This was one of the priority activities identified by the Chairman of the SSDC and the UNODC Executive Director during their meeting in April 2011 in Bishkek.

- I would like to thank all international partners and UNODC in particularly, - said the Chairman of the SSDC Vitaly Ororzaliev, -  for their support and technical assistance aimed to increase capacities of State Service of Drug Control.  I believe that this support allowed us to seizure 102 kg of heroin, 126 kg of Afghan originated hashish and more than 27 tons of precursors as a result of 16 controlled delivery operations conducted by the SSDC during 11 months in 2011.