KABUL, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A suspected man was arrested and a large number of bullets were seized by intelligence officers in Afghanistan's western Nimroz province, the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) confirmed on Friday.
"Personnel of Nimroz GDI Directorate seized 8,000 rounds of AK-47 gun bullets following a special operation in Nimroz recently," the country's national intelligence agency said in a statement.
The operation was launched based on a reliable intelligence information, according to the statement.
On Thursday, a large amount of weapons and ammunition were also confiscated by the GDI in Behsud district in the eastern Wardak province. The statement said that the Taliban-led caretaker government will continue to crack down on criminals including drug and weapon traffickers, thieves, armed robbers and kidnappers. ■