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1.2 tons of opium seized in Afghanistan
KABUL Published in Saudi Press Agency on 23 - 08 - 2008


Afghanistan's counter-narcotic
Police have confiscated 1.2 metric tons (1.3 tons) of opium
during a raid in southern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Monday.
The drugs were seized in Marjah district of Helmand
province last Tuesday, the statement said. Three smugglers
were also detained, the Associated Press reported.

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