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text: 2012-09-S-038
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 25, 2012)
  An International Security Assistance Force patrol seized 520 kilograms (1,150 pounds) of opium during an air interdiction operation in Reg-e Khan Neshin district, Helmand province, Sunday. The ISAF patrol discovered the drugs after stopping and searching a vehicle traveling along a known narcotics smuggling route. ISAF detained one individual   the driver of the vehicle   during the operation. The opium was destroyed in place.