Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday 22 June 2021 that it had arrested a smuggler with seven kilos and 200 grams of hashish in Kabul.[1] The ministry said the smuggler was detained in the limits of Kabul’s eighth police district on Monday night, that is on 21 June.[1] In the same brief statement, the ministry said police also recovered a vehicle from the detainee.[1]
One held with 7.2 kg of hashish in Kabul's eighth police district
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry reported on 22 June 2021 that a smuggler had been arrested with 7.2 kg of hashish in Kabul's eighth police district the previous night. Police also took a vehicle from the detainee; the ministry gave no name, charges or further details.
🇦🇫 Eighth police district, Kabul · Afghanistan
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 7.2 kg
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Under investigation
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- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 7.2 kg
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Activity
- Smuggling
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- Pajhwok Afghan Newspajhwok.comSmuggler arrested with 7.2kgs of hashish in Kabul
Open questions the AI reported
- The report names no suspect, so no personal details beyond the arrest are known.
- No charges, court date or outcome was reported for the detainee.
- The Interior Ministry gave no details of the smuggler's intended destination or the circumstances of the detention beyond the police district.
- The article is partly behind a subscription prompt, so only its opening paragraphs were read.
- No independent second account of the arrest was found in the searches attempted.
- The date of the arrest, Monday night, is 21 June 2021; 22 June is the ministry's announcement and the article's publication date.