JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan police have arrested two drug smugglers in Afghanistan's eastern Nangrahar province and discovered 364 kg hashish from their possessions, said a statement of provincial administration released here Sunday.
The alleged smugglers were attempting to smuggle the contraband from Haska Mina district to provincial capital Jalalabad city when the police arrested both of them and seized the smuggled goods on Saturday.
In a similar crackdown on illegal drug smuggling, the police also discovered 53 kg of opium poppy from a house in King district of the western Nimroz province on Friday and arrested two people, police officer Mohammad Nabi said.
The Taliban-run administration has banned poppy cultivation and vowed to crackdown on illicit drugs and trafficking. ■