00:00Viral, discovery of 600 kilograms of drugs hidden in an excavator.
00:08Uzbekistan's Customs and State Security authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle marijuana and opium from the Surkandaria region.
00:20Surkandaria is the southernmost region of Uzbekistan, bordering Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
00:29The drugs, consisting of 593 kilograms of marijuana and 3 kilograms of opium, were found when Customs officers inspected an excavator at
00:39Airitom border post located on the border of Uzbekistan with Afghanistan.
00:45Officers who carried out the inspection process using a sensing device initially detected a suspicious part on the excavator arm shaft being transported.
00:54a Mercedes-Benz trailer truck.
00:56After conducting a more detailed inspection, officers finally found a total of 605 packages of drugs hidden in the excavator's arm.
01:06The drugs wrapped in yellow duct tape and tin foil were then confiscated by officers.
01:11According to initial estimates, the value of these drugs on the black market is more than 16 million US dollars or around 283 billion rupiah.
01:26See you in the next video.
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