Afghan police arrest 20 on drug trafficking suspicion

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KABUL, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police have arrested 20 people with drug trafficking, distribution and sale charges within the past 24 hours, the country's Interior Ministry announced on Thursday.

"The Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) carried several separate counter-narcotics operations in Kabul, Baghlan, Takhar, Balkh, Ghazni, Farah, Khost and Helmand provinces within the past 24 hours, arresting 20 suspects," the ministry said in a statement.

The CNPA also seized a considerable amount of heroin, methamphetamine, hashish, opium and some amount of cash from the suspects.

After initial investigations, the cases were handed over to a special Afghan court for the jurisdiction of drug cases, the statement said. Enditem

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