Russian drug lord Atobek Gulmamadov was caught in the UAE. The Russian Federal Drug Control Service, Interpol, local Interior Ministry, US Drug Control Department, Kazakh National Security Committee, Belarusian Interior Ministry organized a special operation to detain the suspect.
His drug cartel had over 900kg of heroin confiscated, 400kg of the portion were under control of Gulmamadov.
The Tajik native had Russian citizenship. He visited Russia twice in 2012 to boost heroin trafficking.