Archive · 30 Nov 2025
Drugs seized, traffickers detained in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, police recently stopped some bad people from selling drugs.
They found and took away different kinds of drugs like methamphetamine and hashish.
The police also caught the people who were trying to sell these drugs.
The government says they will keep working to stop drugs in the country.
This is because they want to make Afghanistan a safe place without drugs.
The police are doing their best to catch anyone who makes, buys, or sells illegal drugs.
Afghan police seized 3 kg of methamphetamine and detained a trafficker in Nimroz province.
Nationwide operations led to the seizure of 86 kg of hashish, 5 kg of crystal meth, and other narcotics, with 21 suspects arrested.
In Takhar province, police confiscated crystal methamphetamine and heroin production chemicals, detaining one suspect.
The Afghan government has intensified counter-narcotics measures, committing to eradicate drug production and trafficking.
Recent operations demonstrate the government's ongoing efforts to combat the narcotics trade across multiple provinces.
- Who
- Afghan police and counter-narcotics forces
- What
- Seizure of illegal drugs and detention of suspected traffickers
- When
- Recent operations on November 14 and 16, 2023
- Where
- Nimroz and Takhar provinces, Afghanistan
- Why
- To combat drug production, processing, and trafficking in the country
- Location
- Nimroz, Takhar provinces, Afghanistan
- Drugs seized
- 3 kg methamphetamine (Nimroz), 86 kg hashish, 5 kg crystal meth, methamphetamine, stimulant tablets (nationwide), crystal methamphetamine and heroin production chemicals (Takhar)
- Arrests made
- 1 (Nimroz), 21 (nationwide), 1 (Takhar)
- Date of recent operations
- November 14 and 16, 2023
- Government stance
- Committed to eradicating drug production, processing, and trafficking