10 held as 5,500 kg of hashish seized from 10 vehicles in Ghazni
Security forces stopped 10 pick-up and mazda vehicles at Balkh Darwaza in Ghazni city on 14 March 2023 and found 5,500 kilograms of hashish, arresting 10 people. Police and the Taliban interior ministry put the haul and the arrest count at the same figures.
🇦🇫 Balkh Darwaza area, Ghazni city, Ghazni province · Afghanistan
Security forces in Ghazni province seized5,500 kilograms of hashish and
arrested 10 people in connection with the seizure.[1]The hashish and the
detainees were shown to journalists in the courtyard of the police headquarters
in Ghazni city on Wednesday, 15 March 2023.[1]Ghazni police spokesman Abu
Khalid Sarhadi said the hashish was loaded in 10 pick-up and mazda vehicles,
which were intercepted at the Balkh Darwaza area of Ghazni city the previous
day.[1]Sarhadi said the detainees told investigators they had brought the
hashish from districts of Ghazni and were taking it onward; the account stops at
that point.[1]
The Taliban interior ministry said that over the past week anti-drug police in
Ghazni had detained 10 suspects and recovered 5,500 kg of hashish in various
parts of the province.[2]
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The detained men lined up in front of the hashish seized in the Ghazni case, photographed at the police headquarters in Ghazni city on 15 March 2023. Photo: Pajhwok Afghan NewsPhoto details
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Source: Pajhwok Afghan NewsPhoto published with the interior ministry's statement on the case, described only by the article headline as the seizure of more than five tons of drugs in Ghazni. Photo: Ministry of Interior, via Al-Emara EnglishPhoto details
The Pajhwok article stops at a paywall after saying the detainees intended to transport the hashish onward; it does not say where the shipment was headed.
The 5500 kg is reported as one total; the article gives no separate weights for the 10 vehicles, so no per-vehicle figure is recorded.
The interior ministry statement places the work across a week and in various parts of Ghazni province, while Pajhwok describes one interception of 10 vehicles at Balkh Darwaza on 14 March; both give 10 detainees and 5,500 kg.
No charges, names of the detainees or court outcome were reported in the opened accounts.
Hashish is described in kilograms only; no value estimate for the consignment was published.
The Al-Emara photo is captioned only by the article headline and is not separately established to show this interception, though it was published with the ministry statement on the case.
Counter-narcotics police in Afghanistan's Takhar province stopped a car in Taluqan, the provincial capital, and arrested four suspected traffickers. Police said 40 kilograms of hashish and 143 kilograms of opium were hidden in compartments in the vehicle, and the provincial police spokesman put the narcotics seized at more than 180 kilograms.
Police in Pasaband district, Ghor detained 27 people and destroyed eight drug factories during a 20-day operation, seizing 8.5 kg of processed hashish among other drugs and vehicles. The detainees were referred to court and all seized narcotics were destroyed by burning.
Khost anti-narcotics officers seized about 3.2 kg of hashish and more than 3,215 narcotic pills in Speri district, arresting one person. The hashish is the cannabis component of the mixed seizure; the pills and a further 1.4 kg were reported without a clear cannabis link.
Anti-narcotics police stopped a shipment of 245 kilograms of hashish in the Kotol Anjuman area of Paryan district, Panjshir province, and arrested four people. The suspects were referred to judicial authorities after initial questioning. The ministry did not say where the shipment was going.
