SgtJim
03-28-2011, 04:19 AM
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 10088
2011-03-S-087- Correction
For Immediate Release
Editor’s note: This is a corrected version of release 2011-03-S-087. The previous version reported Coalition forces found a drug cache consisting of 780 pounds (1,720 kilograms) of heroin in Reg-e Khan Neshin district, Helmand province. The correct amount of heroin found was 780 pounds (354 kilograms).
KABUL, Afghanistan (March 26, 2011) – International Security Assistance Forces discovered a large narcotics cache during a clearing operation in southern Afghanistan, today.
In Reg-e Khan Neshin district, Helmand province, an ISAF patrol stopped a suspected truck and found a drugs cache consisting of 780 pounds (354 kilograms) of heroin. Coalition forces also detained two suspected insurgents related to the narcotics cache for further questioning.
In other ISAF news throughout Afghanistan:
South
In Kandahar province, an ISAF patrol discovered a large weapons cache in Kandahar district, today. The cache consisted of one AK-47, one anti-tank mine, one claymore mine, seven recoilless rifles, four recoilless rifle rounds, 12 grenades, 23 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 27 RPG motors, two RPG launchers, two propellant sticks, six fuses, six caps, one heavy machine-gun, 600 12.7 mm rounds and several loose ammunition of different caliber.
East
In Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF discovered a narcotics and chemicals cache consisting of 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of heroin and 661 pounds (300 kilograms) of ammonium chloride.
In Kabul province, during a clearing operation, combined forces found several weapons caches in Sarobi district, today. The caches consisted of nine anti-personnel mines, one rifle, 73 82 mm mortar rounds, one pistol, seven RPG rounds, 17 RPG boosters, 13 propellant sticks, two boxes of 14.5 mm rounds and several loose ammunition of different caliber.
All weapons, drugs and chemicals were confiscated and have been or will be destroyed.
2011-03-S-087- Correction
For Immediate Release
Editor’s note: This is a corrected version of release 2011-03-S-087. The previous version reported Coalition forces found a drug cache consisting of 780 pounds (1,720 kilograms) of heroin in Reg-e Khan Neshin district, Helmand province. The correct amount of heroin found was 780 pounds (354 kilograms).
KABUL, Afghanistan (March 26, 2011) – International Security Assistance Forces discovered a large narcotics cache during a clearing operation in southern Afghanistan, today.
In Reg-e Khan Neshin district, Helmand province, an ISAF patrol stopped a suspected truck and found a drugs cache consisting of 780 pounds (354 kilograms) of heroin. Coalition forces also detained two suspected insurgents related to the narcotics cache for further questioning.
In other ISAF news throughout Afghanistan:
South
In Kandahar province, an ISAF patrol discovered a large weapons cache in Kandahar district, today. The cache consisted of one AK-47, one anti-tank mine, one claymore mine, seven recoilless rifles, four recoilless rifle rounds, 12 grenades, 23 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 27 RPG motors, two RPG launchers, two propellant sticks, six fuses, six caps, one heavy machine-gun, 600 12.7 mm rounds and several loose ammunition of different caliber.
East
In Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF discovered a narcotics and chemicals cache consisting of 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of heroin and 661 pounds (300 kilograms) of ammonium chloride.
In Kabul province, during a clearing operation, combined forces found several weapons caches in Sarobi district, today. The caches consisted of nine anti-personnel mines, one rifle, 73 82 mm mortar rounds, one pistol, seven RPG rounds, 17 RPG boosters, 13 propellant sticks, two boxes of 14.5 mm rounds and several loose ammunition of different caliber.
All weapons, drugs and chemicals were confiscated and have been or will be destroyed.