KABUL (Pajhwok): Seventeen people have been arrested in connection with drug smuggling and dealing, the Ministry of Interior said on Friday.
In its twitter handle, the MoI wrote that counter-narcotics police in five provinces had arrested 17 people on charges of drug trafficking and selling.
The source added that two drug and alcohol producing factories were also recovered and poppy cultivation eradicated on 0.5 acre of land.
“Three individuals detained in connection with 15 kilograms of hashish and an alcohol factory, three on drug selling charges in Badakhshan, three for drug producing factory in Khost, five for drug . . .
