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| Balkh police seize 12000 bottles of liquor |
| 2008-03-20 |
| (PAN): Balkh security officials have seized 12000 bottles of liquor and have arrested two people in Chakchak area of Kaldar district. Sher Durrani, spokesman for Balkh police headquarters told Pajhwok Afghan News the liquor was recovered from a car. Durrani said the smugglers wanted to smuggle it to Mazar-i-Sharif but added it was not certain from where these liquor was being smuggled. He said the detainees were being investigated but did not disclose the identities of the smugglers. Balkh Police Chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Sulthani confirming the incident said he had seized three weeks back 12000 bottles which were destroyed before the officials. It is said that alcohols are being smuggled from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan via Heratan port of Balkh and Sher Khan port of Kunduz province to Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 SPOKESMAN > The contraband was *hic* officially *hic" destroyed by *hic* at *hic* time today!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-20 03:24 |