KABUL, Sept 14 (NNN-BNA) – Police, during two separate operations, discovered 39 kg of illegal drugs and arrested four alleged drug smugglers, in western Afghanistan’s Nimroz province, provincial police spokesman, Mawlawi Gul Mohammad Qudrat, said yesterday.
In the first operation, which was conducted on a road linking the provincial capital, Zaranj, to Dilaram district, police discovered 18 kg of opium poppy from a car, and took into custody its owner, the official said.
In the second operation, launched in the same area, police found 21 kg of opium poppy, an assault rifle and bullets, from a car and arrested three individuals, who were attempting to take the contraband outside the province, the official said.– NNN-BNA
