HEART CITY (Pajhwok): Police in western Herat province on Thursday arrested an Iranian national on drug trafficking charge at Islam Qala port on the border between the two countries.
Police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada told Pajhwok Afghan News counternarcotics police detained the Iranian national who wanted to transfer four kilograms of narcotics to his country in a fuel tanker.
The detainee, who had skillfully placed the drugs in his truck, was a resident of Zahedan city of Iran.
Several Iranian nationals have been detained in connection with drug trafficking in Herat province in recent years.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) last year announced extraditing 21 Iranian prisoners, most of them facing drugs related charges, to Iran following an agreement.
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