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1,263 persons with 185 tonnes of drugs detained this year

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior on Sunday said 1,263 individuals have been detained in connection with more than 185 tonnes of drugs this year when 22 heroin-making factories destroyed.

MoI’s counter-narcotics department deputy head, Lt. Gen. Baz Mohammad Ahmadi told reporters here that the drugs confiscated included heroin, opium morphine, chemicals used in making drugs, alcoholic drinks and others.  

According to him, 34 tonnes of the drugs were seized a week back separately in Nangarhar’s Shirzad and Khogyani districts.

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