په هرات کې يو ايرانى د نشه يي توکو د قاچاق په تور ونيول شو

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Police have arrested an Iranian national on alleged drug trafficking charge, an official said on Thursday.

Police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada told Pajhwok Afghan News the Iranian national was arrested in Islam Qala locality for smuggling six kilograms of crystal, an improvised brand of drug.

“The arrested smuggler is the driver of a truck and had placed the drugs cleverly in bottles of fruit juice.”

The detained Iranian national has been referred to the authorities conceed for further investigation.

Last month, 21 Iranians held in Afghanistan were extradited under an agreement between the two countries.

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