Special Unit Force of Deputy ministry of Counter Narcotics have seized 6,589 tons of narcotics drugs storage during a high-level operation in the Lodar bazaar at the Musa Qalah Helmand district.
The operation last night was carried out with the support of the Air Forces of the Special Forces of the United States-based forces in Afghanistan, which resulted in the amount of narcotics mentioned and quantity of weapons and ammunition that were discovered and seized, as follow:
Opium: 5,268 tons
Chemical materials: 1 ton
Morphine: 13 kilograms
Poppy seeds: 300 kilograms
Equipment discovered and sized during this operation
Rocket launcher: 13 fires ( Round )
Artillery 20 Rounds
Grenade 1
mortar rounds 20 Rounds
Russian Picka (Pica ) Rounds 1762
Satellite 1
Ordinary mobile: 6
Krbyn weapons (Carbine weapons ) 3 Rounds
A Vehicle: Land cruzer loaded with blast explosives that were completely destroyed at the end of operations in the area.
Last week, the Presidential Palace reported on the destruction of eight drug factories in the province by sending a newsletter to the media.
According to the declaration, the main purpose of the operation is to destroy the drug production centers in Helmand province, especially the heavy areas, Musa Qala, Kajaki and Now Zad.
The presidency has emphasized that the maintenance of peace and stability in Afghanistan requires serious struggle against the crime, production and trafficking in narcotics.