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At Smartshooter’s stand, an affable representative showed off the company’s wares to a rotating crowd, holding up a mock rifle for customers to try.

Fans and customers can stroll onto the floor that was once filled with racks of trendy women’s apparel to watch them work and perhaps buy some of their wares.

Bootleggers simply stock up there and drive back, hawking their wares for two or three times the price.

He is beginning to see a steady trickle of growers "leaving the trade" to raise other wares — namely livestock and palm oil — that don't face the same overt challenges.

Nestled in the Tien Shan mountains, the largest east to west mountain range on Earth, merchants from all over Europe and Asia would travel to Tashbulak and Tugunbulak to hawk their wares.