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    Combined Force Seizes Opium Cache

    WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

    05.17.2012

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    An Afghan and coalition security force discovered a drug cache of opium during a patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province yesterday, military officials reported.

    The cache contained approximately 200 pounds of opium, officials said. Security forces confiscated the drugs without incident.

    In May 15 Afghanistan operations:

    -- A combined force discovered a weapons cache containing 30 mortar rounds, 30 mortar fuses, one grenade and several rocket-propelled grenades in the Burkah district of Baghlan province. The confiscated material was destroyed.

    -- A combined force discovered a weapons and explosives cache containing two 107 mm rockets, multiple anti-tank mines, an improvised rocket launcher, one machine-gun tripod, one 12.7 mm machine gun, some 82 mm mortar ammunition and 66 gallons of liquid explosives in the Zurmat district of Paktiya province.

    Story by From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release

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    Date Taken: 05.17.2012
    Date Posted: 07.03.2025 13:20
    Story ID: 510755
    Location: WASHINGTON, US

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