KABUL: A team of Afghan agents poured 3,000 litres of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country’s spy agency said on Sunday, as the new Taliban authorities crack down on the sale of alcohol.

GDI, taking to the Twitter informed: “The Special Operations Unit (SOU) of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) arrested three liquor dealers in the Kart-e-Char area of Kabul on the basis of a series of credible intelligence information, along with around 3,000 liters of alcohol. The seized liquor was destroyed and the liquor sellers were handed over to the judiciary”.

Video footage released by the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) showed its agents pouring alcohol stored in barrels into the canal after seizing it during a raid in the capital.

“Muslims have to seriously abstain from making and delivering alcohol,” an intelligence official said in the footage the agency posted on Twitter on Sunday.

It was not clear when the raid was carried out or exactly when the alcohol was destroyed, but a statement issued by the agency said three dealers were arrested during the operation.

Selling and consuming alcohol was banned even under the previous Western-backed regime, but the Taliban, known for their austere brand of Islam, are stricter in their opposition to it.

Since the Islamists seized power on 15th day of August 2021, the frequency of raids, including on drug addicts, has increased across the country.

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