11 drug traffickers arrested in Afghanistan: gov't

KABUL, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan police have arrested 11 drug traffickers within seven days as the war-hit country struggled to fight the narcotics, authorities said Tuesday.

"During the past seven days, the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) and detective security organization arrested 11 people, on suspicion of transportation of drugs and narcotics from Kabul, Nangarhar, Herat and Parwan provinces," the Counter-Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force of Afghanistan (CJTF) said in a statement.

The cases were send to the Counter Narcotic Justice Center (CNJC), a special Afghan court for jurisdiction of major drug cases, for further investigation, the statement added.

Police also confiscated 16 kg of heroin, 12 kg of opium, 558 kg of hashish, 4,200 U.S. dollars cash, 12 mobile phones and five different-type vehicles from the arrested, according to the statement. Enditem