KABUL, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Afghan counter-narcotics police have discovered 30 kg of methamphetamine and arrested 7 drug smugglers in northern Kunduz and eastern Laghman province, the country's Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Sunday.
The contraband was confiscated during a counter-narcotics operation launched in the province's Khan Abad district. Four individuals who had the intention of smuggling the drugs were arrested, the statement added.
Meanwhile, Afghan police have arrested three people for involvement in illicit drug selling and purchasing in the vicinity of Mehtarlam city, capital of Laghman province, it said.
The Afghan caretaker government has outlawed the cultivation of illicit crops, including opium poppy and hashish, as well as the processing and smuggling of narcotics and their sale and purchase nationwide. ■
