16 held on charges of drug selling, trafficking

KABUL, Aug. 13 – The Anti-narcotics police has arrested 12 suspects in Herat with 5 kg of glass, 3 kg of opium and 3,750 liters of acid, said a statement of the interior ministry adding that one person was arrested in connection with drug smuggling at Kabul International Airport and 3 persons were arrested in […]

KABUL, Aug. 13 – The Anti-narcotics police has arrested 12 suspects in Herat with 5 kg of glass, 3 kg of opium and 3,750 liters of acid, said a statement of the interior ministry adding that one person was arrested in connection with drug smuggling at Kabul International Airport and 3 persons were arrested in connection with selling drugs in Kabul and Baghlan.

Meanwhile, 2,400 kg of marijauana plants have been received and burned in two factories in Ghor and Uruzgan.

Furthermore, the anti-narcotics officials have destroyed drug fields in Uruzgan, Daikundi and Wardag provinces.