DUSHANBE, August 17, 2011, Asia-Plus - On August 16th in the course of a special operation in Khujand, Sughd Transport Police have arrested two residents of Kulob with a huge shipment of drugs.

The police have seized more than 33kg of hashish packed in bags carried by the arrested Nurullo Saidov and Dilshod Sattorov who arrived from Kulob area, Tajik Ministry of Interior told the AP.

The arrested drug dealers told the police that they were planning to sell the shipment for more than $20.000.

According to the source, the two drug dealers are under arrest and will face criminal charges.

More than 1.5 tons of drugs were seized in Tajikistan this year, the source has said.