Police discover drug, detain 11 in S. Afghanistan

　　KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The counter-narcotics police have discovered illicit drugs and arrested 11 alleged drug traffickers in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, provincial police spokesman Mullah Asadullah Jamshid said Friday.

　　The contraband, which includes 297 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and other material used in manufacturing heroin, was discovered during a series of recent operations, the official said.

　　Police also destroyed 2.5 acres of poppy farm recently, the official said, adding that no one would be allowed to produce or smuggle illegal drugs in the province.

　　Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan had dropped by an estimated 95 percent since the country's caretaker government imposed a drug ban in April 2022, according to a report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime last November. ■