Kabul, July 5 (IANS) Afghan police have confiscated 60 kg of illicit drugs and arrested two suspected drug smugglers in a targeted operation in northern Takhar province, a local police official reported. The smugglers had concealed 52 kg of opium and 8 kg of hashish in hidden sections within a vehicle while attempting to transport it to an unknown destination on Saturday. However, police uncovered the drugs during the raid, said Nizamudin Omir, the provincial police spokesman.In the fight agains…
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Kabul, June 8 (IANS) Afghan police in the drive against illegal drugs have discovered illegal drugs and also destroyed drug processing labs in the southern Uruzgan and western Farah provinces of the country, said a statement of the Ministry for Interior Affairs on Monday. A total of 21 kg of illegal drugs and 273 stimulant tablets (locally known as Tablet K) have been seized. Police also destroyed drug processing labs along with around 1,000 kg of objects used in manufacturing heroin in Uruzgan …
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…