{"id":23010,"date":"2026-07-18T11:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=23010"},"modified":"2026-07-18T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:15:52","slug":"16-people-arrested-on-charges-of-smuggling-in-one-month-says-defense-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/07\/18\/16-people-arrested-on-charges-of-smuggling-in-one-month-says-defense-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"16 people arrested on charges of smuggling in one month, says Defense Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The Ministry of Defense says its forces seized large quantities of smuggled goods, weapons, narcotics, and vehicles during intelligence-led operations conducted in border areas over the past month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a ministry statement, the confiscated items included nine cartons of medicines and medical supplies, 18 kilograms of methamphetamine, 2.3 kilograms of opium, eight Kalashnikovs, two PK machine guns, seven M4 rifles, 12 pistols, 262 rounds of ammunition for various heavy weapons, six motorcycles, 56 vehicles, and vehicle spare parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry added that 16 suspected smugglers were arrested while allegedly attempting to transport the contraband illegally from Afghanistan to neighboring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the statement, the detainees have been handed over to the relevant authorities for further investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The Ministry of Defense says its forces seized large quantities of smuggled goods, weapons, narcotics, and vehicles during intelligence-led operations conducted in border areas over the past month. According to a ministry statement, the confiscated items included nine cartons of medicines and medical supplies, 18 kilograms of methamphetamine, 2.3 kilograms of opium, eight Kalashnikovs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23012,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions\/23012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}