Authorities have seized approximately 125 cartons of opium drug disguised as black raisins at Kabul International Airport, in the Afghan capital, the Taliban Ministry of Finance said Wednesday.
A package of 125 cartons of opium packed with black raisins was discovered in the warehouse of Kabul International Airport, according to a newsletter released by the Taliban government’s Ministry of Finance on Wednesday, the 14th of September.
The security authorities said that they have arrested several passengers who were attempting to smuggle drugs in connection with the case, while the investigations are ongoing.
Those arrested allegedly intended to transport this quantity of opium from Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates.
Earlier on Tuesday, a supply of 25,000 liters of alcoholic beverages was discovered and seized from the Iranian-Afghanistan border, local Taliban government authorities in Herat province, in northwestern Afghanistan stated.
According to the spokesperson for the Taliban chief of police in Herat province, Mahmoud Shah Rasouli, this package was seized at the Islam Qala border.
The former Afghan government, too, forbade both the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, and its security agencies frequently published reports and pictures of the confiscation and destruction of drugs and alcohol.
