KABUL, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghan police arrested 20 people with drug trafficking, distribution and sale charges, within the past 24 hours, the country’s Interior Ministry announced today.
“The Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) carried several separate counter-narcotics operations in Kabul, Baghlan, Takhar, Balkh, Ghazni, Farah, Khost and Helmand provinces within the past 24 hours, arresting 20 suspects,” the ministry said in a statement.
The CNPA also seized a considerable amount of heroin, methamphetamine, hashish, opium and some amount of cash from the suspects.
After initial investigations, the cases were handed over to a special Afghan court for the jurisdiction of drug cases, the statement said.– NNN-AGENCIES
