KABUL, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities on Wednesday said that 56 drug-narcotics-related cases were exposed in the country within the past one month.
"The Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) together with the detective Afghan security organization have cracked 56 drug cases, involving 81 people, including two women during the Afghan month of Mizan (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) across in the country," Counter-Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force of Afghanistan (CJTF) said in a statement.
The cases were handed over to the Central Narcotics Tribunal (CNT), a special Afghan court for jurisdiction of major drug cases, the statement noted.
Huge drugs and ban-chemical materials, including 114 kg heroin, 13 kg morphine, 532 kg opium, 869 kg hashish and 1 kg methamphetamine, were also seized over the period, the statement noted.
The CNPA and other security forces also confiscated 11 vehicles, three motorcycles, one gun, 86 mobile phones as well as currencies totaling about 13,400 U.S. dollars within the month.
In addition, an appellant court of the CNT has sentenced 27 defendants, including a woman, to different ranges of imprisonment over the period, the statement said.
