Airport Officials Seize 16kg Of Heroin In Past Month

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چهارشنبه 13 اسد 1395 ساعت 18:46 آخرین به روز رسانی در چهارشنبه 13 اسد 1395 ساعت 18:59 نوشته شده توسط Sayed Tariq Majidi

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The commander of Hamid Karzai Inteational Airport Wednesday reported that customs police at the airport have foiled several drug smuggling attempts over the past month, adding that at least 38 suspected smugglers were arrested.

He said many of them had swallowed capsules containing heroin. Among those arrested were four women.

Police reportedly seized almost 16kg in total of heroin during this time.

Among those arrested was a 27- year-old Afghan computer science student who was detained during a failed attempt to smuggle drugs. He had drugs concealed in his stomach and had been en-route to India.

Financial hardships and the high cost of weddings in Afghanistan are reportedly the driving factor behind such attempts by Afghans.

Fawad is currently in police custody after being caught trying to smuggle 1kg of heroin to India for $1,000 USD. The street value for 1kg in India is $12,000 USD.

"I graduated from the faculty of computer science in Herat, I was working in airline ticketing services but I did not have enough money to pay my bills and cover the cost of my wedding. One day one of my friends told me to speak to someone in Kabul about moving drugs to India in exchange for money. I joined two other people and went to his (the drug smuggler's) home.

"The smuggler told us that if we act normally (at the airport) no one will suspect anything and we will not be arrested," said Fawad.

Fawad, who underwent surgery to remove the capsules containing heroin from his stomach is recovering well at the police hospital in Kabul.

"I want to wa all youths not to be deceived by the mafia and to stay away from them, my health is better now, but I feel pain all over my body, I even feel pain when I cough," he said.

Police officials at Hamid Karzai Inteational Airport have said that the majority of these drugs are smuggled to India and to the United Arab Emirates.

"Mafia must remember that they are no longer able to smuggle drugs from this airport and we wa them in this respect, these people who make the smuggling attempts are poor men and women and are exploited by mafia. The issue defames the country," said Mohammad Asif Jabbar Khail, commander of border security forces at HKIA.

According to security sources at the airport, those trying to smuggle heroin will swallow between 60 and 150 capsules – which will total about 1kg.

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