name: Several Detained in Helmand
text: ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
  2011-07-S-006
  For Immediate Release 
  
  In Marjah district, Helmand province, a combined security force detained several individuals with suspected ties to the Taliban and discovered 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of opium yesterday. The force was looking for a Taliban leader who directs an attack cell in the area. His cell is responsible for multiple roadside bomb attacks and is actively involved in the solicitation of narcotics, heavy machine guns and rockets. The opium was safely destroyed by the security force.