MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Four smugglers have been arrested with 40 kilograms crystal meth by security forces in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Saturday.
Police spokesman Younis Yousafzai told Pajhwok Afghan News police arrested the drug smugglers on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway on Friday night.
He said 40kg of crystal meth, 62,500 Pakistani rupees and a fielder-type vehicle were seized from the detainees.
He added the drugs had been brought from Helmand province and the smugglers wanted to transfer them to Nangarhar province.
The detainees have confessed to their crime, Yousafzai concluded.
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