FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Nov 13 (NNN-ANA) – Police have arrested a drug smuggler and seized a variety of illegal drugs from his possession, in north Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, a statement from the provincial police office said, today.
The arrest was made in Darayem district yesterday, and the contraband included opium poppy, hashish and heroin, the statement said.
In similar operations, the counter-narcotics police set on fire nearly two tonnes of illegal drugs in the central Daykundi province, last week.
The Afghan caretaker government has vowed to fight against illegal drugs, cultivation of illicit crops, including poppy, their processing into drugs and drug trafficking, to get rid of the drug menace.
The opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has dropped by an estimated 95 percent, since the Afghan caretaker government imposed a drug ban in Apr, 2022, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
