fishingrod|3 arrested over drug trafficking in S. Afghanistan

KANDAHARfishingrod, Afghanistan, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Police have seized 46 kg of opium poppy in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province and arrested three persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business, provincial police spokesperson Mawlawi Asadullah Jamshid said Fridayfishingrod.

The trio was arrested in the provincial capital Kandahar city on Thursday while attempting to sell drugs to locals, the official said without providing more details.

Afghan police earlier on Tuesday also reported eradication of 251 acres of poppy farms in the northern Baghlan province.

The Afghan caretaker government banned poppy's cultivation, its processing into drugs and drug trafficking in April 2022.■