Formed in 1999,[2] the service was founded to help combat the drug trafficking through the country from Afghanistan, and is one of the most active anti-narcotics bodies operating in Asia.
[2][3][4] It is estimated that upwards of 20% of Afghanistan's opiates travel through Tajikistan.
It cooperates with law enforcement bodies of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, China, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan.
[6] In 2004, the head of the agency, Ghaffor Mirzoyev, was sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking.
He was replaced by Lieutenant General Rustam Nazarov.