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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/crackdown-on-afghan-poppy-farmers.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A British soldier briefs Afghan police officers after the arrest of five suspected poppy famers (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-crackdown-on-afghan-poppy-farmers.jpg" alt="A British soldier briefs Afghan police officers after the arrest of five suspected poppy famers (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Five suspected poppy farmers have been arrested in Helmand province in a joint operation between British troops and Afghan policemen.</p>
<p>The officers also managed to deflect an attack from a group of suspected insurgents after they entered the village of Noorzai at first light with soldiers from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and 2nd Battalion the Royal Welsh.</p>
<p>The group had been in the area only for a shura &#8211; a public meeting &#8211; to address concerns surrounding Taliban intimidation and activity in the region.</p>
<p>Captain Tom Mobbs, a Royal Marine officer attached to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, said: &#8220;It was great to see the Afghan National Police (ANP) acting as the face of governance and enforcing the rule of law in these remote areas.</p>
<p>&#8220;The locals welcomed the opportunity to talk directly to the ANP commander and his officers and were clearly relaxed about voicing their issues and concerns &#8211; a vital state of affairs if the Taliban shadow governance is to continue to be marginalised. The fact that the Taliban were watching the patrol&#8217;s movements and didn&#8217;t engage is an excellent indicator of the ANP&#8217;s ability to move, at will, through these contested spaces.&#8221;</p>
<p>The squad of 35 ANP officers, based at the recently-opened &#8220;Checkpoint Schoolhouse&#8221; police station in Lashkar Gah district, and 35 soldiers from the Scottish and Welsh regiments, based at the adjacent Patrol Base Attal, visited the village on Monday.</p>
<p>They called people together using the speaker system at the central mosque, which gave local police commander Colonel Sattar an opportunity to propose solutions to local problems.</p>
<p>Young men were urged to join the ANP and enrol at the Helmand Police Training Centre to protect their villages.</p>
<p>Information from local people at the shura led to five arrests by the ANP for illegal poppy farming.</p>
<p>As the operation concluded, a group of insurgents were spotted preparing to attack. But a show of force from the police ensured their rapid retreat.</p>
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