Over 6,000kg of narcotics torched in Ghor

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): More than 6,200 kilogrammes of various types of narcotics were set alight in western Ghor province on Wednesday, an official said.

Police spokesman Mawlavi Abdul Rahman Badri told Pajhwok Afghan News the drugs had been seized during multiple operations conducted by security forces.

He said: “The destroyed substances included 202.6-kg of ‘Ef’-type drugs, 10.1-kg of opium, four kilogrammes of raw cannabis, 4.1-kg of crystal meth and 600-kg of processed hashish. All of these were seized from traffickers and destroyed today.”

However, he did not provide information on whether anyone had been arrested in connection with the trafficking.

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