name: Detainee, Weapons and Drug Caches Found in the South and East
text: Detainee, Weapons and Drug Caches Found in the South and East
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-S-286
  3292, 3245, 3388
  For Immediate Release
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  KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 22)   Afghan National Army and International Security Assistance Forces detained one suspected insurgent and discovered weapons, improvised explosive device components and large drug caches in southern and eastern Afghanistan in separate combined patrols today.
   During a combined dismounted patrol in Kapisa province, forces detained one suspected insurgent related to a weapons cache found in Tagab district, consisting of 10 rocket-propelled grenades, three AK-47s, one rifle and some money.
   In Helmand province, coalition forces found an IED component cache in Sangin district during a dismounted patrol. The cache consisted of four pressure plates, three 105 mm shells filled with homemade explosives and three 82 mm mortar shells.
   An Afghan and ISAF dismounted patrol found a weapons and drug cache in Marjah district, Helmand province. The cache consisted of three AK-47 magazines, 350 7.62 mm rounds, two grenade fuses, one chest rack, one long range rifle, 800 pounds (362 kilograms) of marijuana, three pounds (1.3 kg) of opium and 120 (54 kg) pounds of ammonium nitrate.
  All caches were taken into possession and will be destroyed.
   With these clearing operations, Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF continue to disrupt insurgent activities, day and night,  said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director.  Removing these dangerous weapons from insurgent hands is conducive to a secure and stable Afghanistan. 