02 February 2017

News Story: 11 detained for trafficking, holding narcotics in Afghanistan

KABUL, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan security forces have detained 11 persons for alleged trafficking and holding narcotics in four of the country's 34 provinces within a week, authorities said on Wednesday.

"Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) and Afghan security forces have cracked 14 drug cases and captured 11 persons involved in the cases in Kabul, Farah, Nangarhar and Balkh provinces within the past one week," the Counter-Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force of Afghanistan (CJTF) said in a statement.

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