Afghan counter-narcotics forces have confiscated 210 kg of illegal drugs and apprehended four suspected smugglers in separate operations across northern Baghlan and eastern Ghazni provinces, local police offices announced Sunday. In Baghlan's Khenjan district outskirts, authorities arrested two individuals and seized 138 kg of opium poppy. On September 17, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said that Afghan counter-narcotics police seized 67 kg of illicit drugs, including 21 kg of methamphetamine (Ice), and arrested five suspected smugglers in separate operations across two provinces. In western Nimroz province, security personnel apprehended four individuals and confiscated 60 kg of narcotics, including 21 kg of methamphetamine. On September 15, the Ministry of National Defence said that Afghan security forces had confiscated a cache of firearms and ammunition in southern Kandahar province.