KABUL, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Police have smashed a gang of kidnappers and taken three kidnappers into custody in northern Afghanistan's Takhar province on Saturday, provincial police spokesman Nizamudin Omir said Sunday.

This photo taken on Aug. 31, 2024 shows the city view in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: Xinhua)

The alleged kidnappers, according to the official, had kidnapped an individual from the eastern Nangarhar province a month ago but murdered him after his family failed to pay the ransom demanded for his release.

Without providing more details, the official said that police will not allow anyone to take the law into their own hands.

In post-war Afghanistan, although security and peace have been ensured, some criminal cases, including the abduction of members of wealthy families, have still been reported in parts of the economically impoverished country, where poverty and the unemployment rate are relatively high.