KABUL, Jul 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA), arrested four drug traffickers in three provinces yesterday, an official from the Interior Ministry confirmed, today.
“The suspects were arrested in Kabul, Nangarhar and Parwan provinces, and the CNPA confiscated 400 kg of narcotics that included opium, hashish, methamphetamine, heroin and stimulant tablets from the suspects,” deputy spokesperson to the ministry, Ahmad Zia Zia, told Xinhua.
After initial investigations, the cases were handed over to the Central Narcotics Tribunal or CNT, a special Afghan court for jurisdiction of major drug cases, he said.
Much of the world’s opium poppy is cultivated in the militancy-hit Afghanistan.– NNN-XINHUA
