KABUL: The police personnel of the Ministry of Interior Affairs detained a drug trafficker with dozens of kilograms of narcotics in Khost province.
“As a result of the discovery operation of the counter-narcotics personnel of the ministry, a drug smuggler was detained with 43 kilograms of hashish in the Mangs area of Khost city,” the ministry said in a statement on Monday.
Also, along with the drugs hidden in the basement of a building, one Kalashnikov was seized.
The security and defense forces of the Islamic Emirate are making efforts to combat the trafficking, production, and use of narcotics across the country.