May 9: Afghan-ISAF Operations in Southern Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-05-CA-033  For Immediate Release

In a separate operation, Afghan national security forces with their ISAF partners seized a large quantity of drugs and killed several suspected insurgents while conducting an operation in Helmand Province yesterday.   When the combined force stopped a suspect vehicle approximately 40 kilometers north of the Pakistan border, several armed men fled and then concealed themselves in nearby positions. They ignored numerous Afghan police verbal warnings issued in local dialects, and were killed after presenting a threat to the combined force.   The patrol discovered 2,250 kilograms of opium resin, 150 kg of wet opium, 60 kg of morphine, 20 kg of heroin, two assault rifles and two pistols. All narcotics were destroyed on site and no civilians were injured in the operation.