In 1996, Major Vitaly Usachev from the State Border Service, who served as head of the border post at Ashgabat International Airport, opened containers from Afghanistan that were typically the responsibility of the KNB, finding several hundredweight of heroin.
In 1996, Vitaly Usachev, who was in charge of the border post at Ashgabat International Airport, found a large quantity of heroin hidden inside containers coming from Afghanistan, which were usually managed by the KNB.