Armed group busted, drugs seized

  • LOCATION

    herat

  • DATE

    Jan 13 2010

  • TIME

    19:07

  • CATEGORY Taliban   NATO/ISAF   
  • ENTITY

    N/A

  • VERIFIED

    YES

  • INCIDENT
  • NEARBY INCIDENTS

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A nine-member illegal armed group was busted and a huge quantity of narcotics set ablaze in western Herat province, bordering Iran, officials said on Wednesday.

A commander of the Afghan National Army (ANA), Col. Zainuddin informed Pajhwok Afghan News the illegal group was detained with the cooperation of US forces from a house in Chishma-i-Aspha village of Gulran district.

The armed men who were trafficking narcotics to neighbouring Turkmenistan were captured with a carload of 400 kilograms of opium, he said, adding the opium was burnt after being recovered.

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