Opium seizure in Nangarhar

Security officials have recently discovered and seized 60 kilograms of opium in two districts of the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said. According to provincial police headquarters, local police launched an operation in the Achin and Surkhroad districts, discovering 40 kilograms of opium in Achin and 20 kilograms in Surkhrud. Two men have been detained. According to another report, police in the southern province of Nimroz arrested a smuggler along with five kilograms of opium in the Pul-e-Abrishim district on the night of January 21. The seized opium has been transferred to the provincial counter-narcotics department.