KABUL, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered illegal drug of opium poppy type in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province and arrested four suspects, provincial counter-narcotics police chief Mullah Mohammad Nabi Kamran said Saturday.
Personnel of counter-narcotics police in two separate operations, which were launched in the provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri and Julga districts a couple of days ago, found 61 kg of opium poppy, the official said.
In a similar crackdown on illegal drugs, police discovered six kg of heroin and 36 kg of opium poppy in the western Nimroz province on Thursday and detained an alleged drug trafficker. Enditem