SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Mar 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Police in the northern Jawzjan province, set on fire 35 tonnes of illicit drugs, including heroin and hashish, provincial police chief, Abdul Wahid Wajdan said, Tuesday (yesterday).
The drugs had been seized over the past one year, the official told Xinhua, adding that, 47 people have been arrested on charges of involvement in drug smuggling.
Wajdan also noted that, police would spare no efforts to bring to zero, the poppy cultivation and drug production in the relatively restive province.– NNN-XINHUA
