A special operation was carried out against drug traffickers in Khatai district yesterday.

The press service of the Interior Ministry told APA that officers of the Criminal Investigation Department and Drug Enforcement Department of Khatai District Police Office detained 4 people selling drugs and 11 drug couriers during the operations.

A criminal case has been launched in the Investigation Department of the Department in connection with all the revealed facts.

A total of about 2 kilograms of heroin, marijuana, opium and methamphetamine, a psychotropic substance, were found in them.

During the investigation, it was found that 4 people involved in drug trafficking organized an opium den for drug users in their homes in the area.

They organized the sale of drugs in Khatai and other regions by connecting drug traffickers living abroad through social networks.

Police officers continue operational measures to detain and detain people involved in drug trafficking in Khatai district.