{"id":3142,"date":"2025-12-11T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/baghlan-cannabis-seizure-arrest-taliban-drug-smuggling\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:00:15","slug":"baghlan-cannabis-seizure-arrest-taliban-drug-smuggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/baghlan-cannabis-seizure-arrest-taliban-drug-smuggling\/","title":{"rendered":"One Arrested Over 35kg Cannabis Seizure in Baghlan Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baghlan security authorities have announced the seizure of 35 kilograms of cannabis by the province\u2019s counter-narcotics police. The drugs were discovered and confiscated in an area of Pul-e-Khumri city, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Security officials stated that the narcotics had been skillfully concealed inside a vehicle and were intended to be transported to an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n<p>One suspect has been arrested in connection with the incident. Following preliminary investigations, they will be handed over to judicial authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Officials added that further investigations are underway to uncover a possible smuggling network.<\/p>\n<p>Baghlan has witnessed a rise in drug trafficking in recent years. Experts attribute this trend to weak oversight and the Taliban administration&#8217;s inefficiency in controlling smuggling routes, which has facilitated the growth of the illicit drug trade in northern Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One suspect arrested after 35 kg of cannabis was seized in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan. Police say the drugs were hidden in a car bound for an unknown location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}