Police in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province confiscated more than 1.5 tons of opium poppy and detained three persons in this regard, a press release of the Afghan Interior Ministry said Saturday.
"During a routine patrol police found 1,570 kg of opium poppy from a vehicle in Khogyani district on Friday and took three persons into custody on charge of involvement in smuggling the contraband," the press release said.
It did not give more details.
Nangarhar, once a poppy growing province in eastern Afghanistan, has been listed among the 13 poppy-free provinces out of the country's 34 provinces this year.
Afghanistan with an output of 8,200 tons of opium poppy in 2007became the single largest supplier of the raw material used in manufacturing heroin in the world.
Source: Xinhua
|
Comment
Tell A Friend
Print Format
Save Article