20kg of heroin seized, driver held in Takhar

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Police claimed seizing 20 kilograms of heroin in northern Takhar province, officials said on Thursday.

Sunatullah Timor, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the contraband was being smuggled in a vehicle on from Badakhshan province to Taloqan.

The driver, he said, had also been detained and was under interrogation.

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