KABUL, Aug 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Police in Afghanistan burned more than 13 tonnes of narcotic drugs, in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, the latest in the fight against illicit drug and narcotics trafficking, the country’s Ministry of Interior said.
The drugs were seized from separate locations in Nangarhar within the past three years and was set ablaze on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Jalalabad city, the ministry said.
The burned drugs included heroin, poppy opium, hashish, henbane and some amounts of chemical agents, used in producing heroin, the statement added.
Police have also arrested 220 suspects, along with 45 vehicles and 18 weapons, in connection with the trafficking and hiding of the drugs during the cited period, according to the statement.
Much of the world’s opium poppy is cultivated in the militancy-hit country.– NNN-XINHUA
