World News | Two Held with 9 Kg Heroin in Western Afghanistan
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Police have discovered 9 kg of heroin in Afghanistan's western Herat province and taken two alleged drug smugglers into custody, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported Sunday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 29 (ANI): Police have discovered 9 kg of heroin in Afghanistan's western Herat province and taken two alleged drug smugglers into custody, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported Sunday.
This is the second crackdown on alleged drug traffickers in the western region over the past couple of days.
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On Friday, police arrested one person and discovered 40 kg of opium poppy in his possession in Nimroz province, reported Xinhua.
The Taliban-run caretaker administration has vowed to fight the illicit drug until the war-torn country gets rid of the menace. (ANI)
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