TALUQAN (Pajhwok): Thousands of kilograms of drugs have been seized and 170 people arrested in connection with the narcotics during the past two years in northeastern Takhar province, police said on Thursday.
Police spokesman Maj. Abdul Khalil Aseer told Pajhwok Afghan News Takhar was a poppy-free province but drugs were brought here from other provinces, particularly from northeastern Badakhshan province.
“We have seized 5308 kilograms of narcotics and detained 170 suspects and introduced them to the judicial department in the last two years”, Aseer added.
He said the drugs seized included morphine . . .
