Suspected insurgent leader detained in Helmand
ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update June 13, 2011
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-06-S-045
For Immediate Release

A combined Afghan and coalition force operation detained a suspected insurgent leader in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province June 5.

The detainee is suspected of facilitating the movement of explosives and munitions throughout Helmand and planned suicide attacks against Afghan security forces and ISAF. When Afghan forces detained the suspected insurgent leader, he was in possession of 3,200 Pakistani Rupees (37 U.S. Dollars) and a vehicle that tested positive for recently carrying explosives.

The detainee was taken by Afghan forces for prosecution according to Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan law.