An underground laboratory for the production of amphetamines has been uncovered in Novopolotsk

April 1, Minsk /BELTA correspondent/. An underground laboratory for the production of amphetamine has been uncovered in Novopolotsk, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus informed a BELTA correspondent. Employees of the drug control and human trafficking counteraction units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and the local city department, detained a resident of Polotsk born in 1983 and a resident of Novopolotsk born in 1986. The young men organized an amphetamine production laboratory at the latter's home. Factory laboratory equipment, precursors, and chemical reagents were seized. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 1 of Article 328 "Illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors" of the Criminal Code of Belarus, which provides for up to five years of imprisonment.-0-