KABUL, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered and seized more than 2.5 tons of a variety of narcotics during operations in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, provincial police spokesman Mullah Ezat Haqqani said Thursday.
The contraband, which included Hashish, opium, acid, ice, and other illegal objects used in manufacturing heroin, had been recovered mostly from Bahramcha district, the official said.
Earlier, in a similar crackdown against illegal drugs, police burned publicly around 4 tons of narcotics in the western Nimroz province.
