SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A six-member group of armed robbers and kidnappers was arrested in Khawaja Dokoh district of northern Jawzjan province on Thursday.
Police chief Mullah Sirajuddin Ahmadi said the group had been involved in illegal activities such as armed robberies, extortion and kidnapping in Shiberghan City, the provincial capital.
He said three Kalashnikovs, two vehicles and two motorcycles were seized from the detainees.
According to him, the detainees have confessed to their crimes before being introduced to judicial organs.
Khairullah, a resident of Bakaol Labjar village, said that sometimes robberies took place on the Shiberghan-Andkhoi highway.
Hz/sa . . .
