KABUL, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Police have seized 3 kg of illegal drugs and took into custody its owner in the western Afghanistan Nimroz province on Saturday, spokesman for the provincial police office Mawlawi Gul Mohammad Qudrat said Sunday.
The alleged drug smuggler, according to the official, was attempting to take 3 kg of methamphetamine out of the province, but police foiled the attempt and took him into custody.
The Afghan government, which outlawed cultivation of illegal crops including poppy and hashish in 2022, has vowed to continue the war against drugs, their production, process and trafficking until the once drug-producing nation becomes free of the drug menace. ■
