Man held with 58 kg of hashish in Kabul's 5th district
Police in Kabul's 5th police district arrested a smuggler with 58 kilograms of hashish as he moved the drugs from the Company area toward the main city. He was caught red-handed in Kart-i-Mamoreen and said counter-narcotics officers arrested him after he bought and transferred the hashish.
🇦🇫 Kart-i-Mamoreen, 5th police district, Kabul · Afghanistan
Police arrested a smuggler with 58 kilograms of hashish in the 5th police
district of Kabul.[1]The police headquarters said the detainee wanted to
transfer the narcotics from the Company area to the main city.[1]He was held
red-handed in Kart-i-Mamoreen locality.[1]
In a video clip shared by police, the alleged smuggler said he had bought
hashish and transferred it to the city, where counter-narcotics personnel
arrested him in the 5th police district.[1]Security forces arrested a person
and seized58 kilograms of hashish in Kabul province.[2]
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