Over 5,000 drug traffickers apprehended in previous year: authorities

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A total of 5,051 individuals have been arrested on drug trafficking charges in the previous year, Interior Ministry authorities stated on
Saturday.Mohammadullah Ahmadi, the functional director of the counter-narcotics department of the Interior Ministry, told a conference that
those apprehended likewise consisted of 4 foreign nationals.In addition, more than 500 tons of numerous drugs and drug utensils in addition
to alcohols were taken and 170 drug and alcohol production and processing factories were destroyed.Thousands of druggie have actually also
been rounded up, the official said.Meanwhile, Hayatullah Mohajer Farahi, deputy minister of information and culture, highlighted that jobs
ought to be produced for drug abuser who have recovered.Deputy Minister of Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Abdul Rahman
Munir stated that it is required for the appropriate organizations in the country to prevent the cultivation of poppies and stop the
production of narcotics
He included that the battle versus drugs is a && Sharia & matter.The post Over 5,000 drug traffickers apprehended in previous year:
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