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News ID: 77196
Publish Date : 17 March 2020 - 22:19

Afghan Police Set on Fire 35 Tonnes of Drugs



SHIBERGHAN (Xinhua) – Police in the northern Jawzjan province set on fire 35 tonnes of illicit drugs including heroin and hashish, Provincial Police Chief Abdul Wahid Wajdan says. The drugs had been seized over the past one year, the official told Xinhua, adding that 47 people have been arrested on charge of involvement in drug smuggling. Wajdan also noted that police would spare no efforts to bring to zero the poppy cultivation and drug production in the relatively restive province.