MAZAR-E-SHARIF: Police have arrested 12 people for being involved in drug smuggling in the country’s northern province of Balkh, a statement from the provincial police office released said the other day.
Police have also discovered 12 kg illicit drug including hashish and substance used in manufacturing
heroin from possessions of the arrested men, the statement added.
In similar crackdown on illegal drug, police discovered three drug processing labs in the western Ghor province last week.
The Islamic Emirate has vowed to crackdown on poppy cultivation, its processing, and drug trafficking until the country gets rid of the drug menace.
The Kabul Times
12 drug traffickers arrested in Balkh
