KABUL, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Afghan counter-narcotics police in southern Helmand province have seized hundreds of kilograms of illicit drugs and arrested seven suspected smugglers during a series of operations over the past week, a provincial police spokesman said Wednesday.
According to Mullah Ezatullah Haqani, spokesman for the Helmand police, the confiscated drugs included heroin, opium poppy and hashish, along with a few more items used in manufacturing heroin. The police destroyed the seized narcotics on the spot, he said.
