KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The manager of the Bagh Pul truck scale in southern Kandahar province has been detained along with subordinates on charges of corruption, an official said on Tuesday.
Baheer Ahmadi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the three men were detained by anti-corruption prosecutors.
Following drivers’ complaints of extortion, the governor recently paid a surprise visit to the Bagh Pul truck scale and one individual involved in extortion was arrested immediately, he recalled.
Ahmadi said the detainee later acknowledged the scale manager and two computer operators were also complicit in extortion.
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