Kabul, Nov 14
Afghan police have arrested a suspected drug smuggler and confiscated illicit narcotics during an operation in the northern Takhar province, provincial police spokesman Nizamudin Omir said Friday.
On November 4, the provincial police office said that police in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province seized 225 kg of opium from a car.
The official said the contraband was hidden in secret compartments of the vehicle and was discovered during a routine search in Muqar district on November 3.
Kamgar said that security forces would not allow cultivation of poppy or any other prohibited crops in the province.