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Central Asian police chiefs meet in Frunze over anasha

Police chiefs from Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan met in Frunze on 15–16 August 1957 to coordinate the fight against drug theft and trafficking. The head of the Kyrgyz OBKhSS reported that anasha smoking had spread in schools and that 11 people were prosecuted in 1957, with 221 kg of anasha seized; across the region in 1956, 620 people were prosecuted and 724 kg were seized.[1]

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References

  1. Kommersant — MVD documents on the 1957 Frunze drug conference (7 October 2013)

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