Alwaght- Afghanistan's counter-narcotics department has seized hundreds of tons of contraband drugs and alcohol and arrested thousands of smugglers in the past 12 months.
Associated Press cited Gen. Baz Mohammad Ahmadi, deputy interior minister for the counter-narcotics police, as saying the confiscated drugs include raw opium, heroin and hashish. He says that during that same time, the police arrested 2,683 smugglers and traffickers, including 67 women.
He added that 20 policemen and 17 army soldiers have also been arrested for drug trafficking during the same time period. Ahmadi spoke on Tuesday as part of his annual reports on the fight against drug trafficking.
Opium poppy cultivation has sharply increased across Afghanistan after US 2011 offensive despite billions of dollars spent to curb drug trafficking.
