Afghan and Coalition Forces Conduct Operations in Western and Southern Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-06-CA-108  For Immediate Release

 In the Rig desert of Kandahar Province, a combined force led by Afghan Special Police interdicted narcotics smugglers to disrupt insurgent funding gained through the sale of illegal narcotics. Two men were taken into police custody along with a shotgun, an assault rifle and 1,300 kilograms of opium, all of which was destroyed on site.
 "Narcotics production and smuggling provides significant funding for the insurgents. This funding link between insurgents and narcotics networks allows insurgents to procure materials used to construct bombs, which injure on the people of Afghanistan. Afghan and ISAF forces will continue to target the links between the narcotics networks and the insurgents," said Lt. Col. Todd Vician, an ISAF Joint Command spokesman.
 No civilians were injured in any of these operations.