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SgtJim
02-17-2011, 07:26 PM
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KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces discovered a drug and weapons cache during a counter narcotics operation in Achin District, Nangahar province. Coalition forces found 1,540 pounds of heroin, 220 pounds of opium, 462 pounds of acetic anhydride, 50 liters of ammonium chloride, drug laboratory barrels and equipment, one pistol, nine AK-47 magazines and a mobile phone. All narcotics, equipment and weapons have been seized and destroyed by security forces.

In other ISAF news throughout Afghanistan:

South

A combined patrol in Kandahar district, Kandahar province found a weapons cache consisting of 4,000 PKM machine-gun rounds, 3,700 AK-47 rounds, 176 9 mm rounds, 23 pistol magazines, 13 pistols, 36 AK-47 magazines, nine rocket-propelled grenades and seven AK-47s. Also in Kandahar, a combined patrol located a weapons cache in Arghandab district. The cache included 50 .50 caliber rounds, 11 82 mm mortar rounds and detonation cord.

East

In Ghaziabad District, Kunar province, Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces discovered a weapons cache consisting of one chest rack, two AK-47s, two rifles, five full AK-47 magazines and several loose 7.62 mm rounds.

All weapons have been confiscated and have been or will be destroyed.