KABUL (Pajhwok): Around 1,500 people have been arrested nationwide in connection with 107 tons of drugs during the past five months, an official said on Monday.
Maj. Gen. Abdul Khalil Bakhtyari, secretary counter-narcotics at the Ministry of Interior, told an award giving ceremony for martial arts players in Kabul, said counter-narcotics officials had big achievements during the past five months.
He said the detainees possessed 107 tons of drugs and they were arrested during 1,300 operations.
Around 525 raids took . . .
