Police discover illegal drugs in ambulance in northern Afghanistan

KABUL, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Police seized more than 600 kg of opium-type illegal drugs from an ambulance in the northern Afghan province of Takhar on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Naqibullah Masroor said Friday.

In an unusual incident, counter-narcotics police stopped and searched a private ambulance early Thursday, recovering 614 kg of opium, the official said.

The ambulance was coming from neighboring Badakhshan province and was disguised as a vehicle carrying a patient when police intercepted it in Taluqan, the provincial capital, and discovered the narcotics, Masroor said, without providing further details.

In a separate incident, police recently reported seizing and publicly burning 321 kg of illegal drugs, including 250 kg of opium, in the eastern province of Panjshir.