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2 Umrah goers detained with drugs at Karzai Airport

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Ministry of Finance’s customs department personnel have detained a man and a woman at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in central capital Kabul over smuggling drugs to Saudi Arabia, the ministry said on Thursday.  

A statement from the Finance Ministry said the man and the woman were destined for Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah.

The two were detained by customs officials during a search. The man carried 1,114 grams of drugs in his bag and the woman 1,052 grams of heroin . . .

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