27 arrested in Nangarhar over hashish and opium smuggling to Pakistan
Border forces in eastern Nangarhar province arrested 27 people accused of attempting to smuggle hashish and opium into Pakistan. A military corps spokesman said the suspects were detained in the Landa Khwala area of Dur Baba district and confessed after being referred to judicial organs.
🇦🇫 Landa Khwala, Dur Baba district, Nangarhar · Afghanistan
Arrested
27
Agencies
201st Khalid bin Walid Military Corps, border forces
Twenty-seven individuals were arrested in connection with hashish and opium
smuggling in the Dur Baba district of eastern Nangarhar province.[1]Border
forces detained the 27 alleged drug smugglers in the Landa Khwala area of the
district.[1]The detainees intended to smuggle the drugs across the border
into Pakistan.[1]
The detentions were confirmed by the spokesman for the 201st Khalid bin Walid
Military Corps in the eastern zone.[1]Wahidullah Mohammadi provided details
of the operation to Pajhwok Afghan News.[1]Mohammadi said the detainees had
confessed to their crime after being referred to judicial organs.[1]
Case data
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Arrested
27
Agencies
201st Khalid bin Walid Military Corps; border forces
The Interior Ministry's deputy minister for counter-narcotics said the ministry had carried out more than 8,000 operations against drug suspects in 2026 and arrested more than 10,000 people. He also claimed 4,300 operations to round up addicts and 12,500 operations to destroy poppy fields.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said counter-narcotics officers arrested three people on drug trafficking and sales charges in separate operations in Kabul's 11th security district and Bagrami district. Officers seized more than three kilograms of hashish along with 1,382 capsules, tablet K, heroin and 24 litres of alcohol, and destroyed an alcohol factory.
Farza district's security command in Kabul province said police arrested 18 people during a ten-day operation and seized more than 23 kg of hashish alongside tens of thousands of narcotic tablets. Officers also seized seven vehicles said to have been used to move drugs between provinces.
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.
