Kabul, April 5 (IANS) Police have discovered illegal drugs, including 300 kg of hashish, and arrested four drug smugglers, said a statement of Afghanistan’s Ministry for Interior Affairs on Sunday. “Counter-narcotics police officers seized 300 kilograms of hashish in Helmand province,” the statement posted on the ministry’s social platform X said.According to the statement, police have also discovered and seized 2,800 intoxicating tablets from Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar pro…
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Kabul, Jan 30 (IANS) Afghan security forces have seized and confiscated dozens of firearms and a large quantity of ammunition in southern Helmand province during a three-month counter-terrorism operation, a local police official announced. Mawlawi Sayed Wali Saeed, the provincial counter-terrorism manager, said Thursday 26 individuals were arrested in connection with the weapons haul, Xinhua News Agency reported.On January 9, provincial police chief Mawlawi Abdul Haq Haqqani said police have dis…
Kabul, Jan 27 (IANS) Afghan police have discovered narcotic substances and arrested four individuals on charges of trafficking drugs in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Mullah Mohammad Nabi Kamran, provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said the suspects were detained in various areas of Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital. During the operation, security forces seized a range of narcotic substances, including hashish and other heroin-re…