7 ‘professional beggars’ arrested with money, gold

KABUL (Pajhwok): Seven ‘professional beggars’, including five women, have been arrested in Kabul with more than 676,000 afghanis, three gold necklaces and a car’s documents.

Ministry of Interior spokesman Mufti Abdul Matin Qane wrote on his X-Page that the professional beggars were arrested by the Ministry of Interior’s special counter-narcotics forces in different areas of Kabul city.

He added that these people had been begging professionally for a long time and were earning income through this means.

The counter-narcotics police made continuous efforts in this regard and would continue to arrest such people in the future, he said.

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