Farza district’s security command in Kabul province announced the arrest of 18 people on charges of trafficking narcotics and addictive tablets.[1] The arrests were made during a ten-day operation in the district.[1] District control officer Khalid said officers arrested the 18 people together with seven vehicles used to move drugs from one province to another.[1]

The district police chief said officers found and seized more than 32,000 Zeegap tablets, over 13,000 K tablets and more than 23 kilograms of hashish.[1] One detainee said the drugs were brought from Pakistan to Jalalabad and then distributed to various provinces and districts, including Kabul.[1]

Security chief Iqbal Ahmad Enteqam said the public cooperated with police and that people report anything suspicious they observe.[1] Enteqam said investigations found the detainees admitted importing the drugs from neighboring countries.[1] Security officials said poppy cultivation and drug production in the district are now nearly nonexistent, while most synthetic drugs are smuggled from neighboring countries.[1] One detainee said he previously used drugs himself and was later offered a salary to help distribute them.[1]