Afghanistan arrests 10 criminals, drug traffickers

The Afghan National Police (ANP) operations team has arrested 10 suspects and seized narcotics in six provinces of the country's 34 provinces, the Afghan Ministry of Interior said Monday.

The officers of the ANP's crime reduction unit arrested six people on stealing vehicles and a big sum of cash in Kabul, Ghazni and Balkh provinces. They confiscated two vehicles and one weapon from the arrested people, a statement said.

The Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) which is part of ANP confiscated 2,040 liters of formic acid which is used in the production of drugs particularly crystal in Nimroz province.

The CNPA also arrested four suspects for trafficking of a large amount of crystal and hashish in Laghman and Khost provinces, according to the statement.

After initial investigations, the CNPA handed over the cases to the Central Narcotics Tribunal or CNT, a special Afghan court for jurisdiction of major drug cases, the statement added.

Further investigation is underway.