Afghan police and ISAF seize 9.2 tonnes of hashish near Qalat
Afghan police and NATO-led ISAF troops seized 9.2 tonnes of hashish from a truck at a Highway 1 checkpoint near Qalat, Zabul province, in October 2006. The multinational force called it the largest seizure of its kind, and those on board were taken into custody.
🇦🇫 Highway 1 checkpoint near Qalat, Zabul Province · Afghanistan
Cannabis
9.2 t
Agencies
Afghan National Police, International Security Assistance Force
Afghan police and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops seized9.2 tonnes of hashish from a truck stopped at a checkpoint on Highway 1 near Qalat, the capital of Zabul province on the Kandahar-Kabul road.[1][2]ISAF called it the largest seizure of its kind, and the truck’s drivers and passengers were taken into custody.[1][2]
NATO spokesman Mark Laity said tackling the drug trade was essential because it fuelled corruption and the insurgency, while noting it could not be solved by military means alone.[2]The same roundup also netted 55 kg of opium from a car in Farah City, with its driver and a passenger detained; that opium is not counted in this report’s cannabis figures.[1][2]
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Cannabis
9.2 t
Agencies
Afghan National Police; International Security Assistance Force
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.
