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, head of the border post at Ashgabat International Airport, discovered heroin concealed within containers originating from Afghanistan that were typically handled by the KNB.