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250kg heroin seized from Pakistani container in Colombo
 [Dawn] Sri Lankan customs agents claim to have seized 250 kilograms of heroin worth $19 million from a container sent from Pakistain, in what an official says was the largest-ever stock of heroin nabbed in South Asia.Customs director Mali Piyasena says the heroin was found Friday at a terminal in the capital, Colombo. The heroin was concealed inside 17,500 small grease cans packed into a large container sent from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Piyasena says a Pak national and three Sri Lankans were incarcerated Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in connection to the seizure and will be handed over to the police narcotics division after the completion of a customs investigation. He says it was the largest-ever haul of heroin seized in South Asia. Officials say Pakistain is primarily a transit country for opiates and heroin produced in Afghanistan and over 200 tonnes -- estimated to be worth between $25 and $30 billion -- annually passes through Pakistain "safely". According to a report published in Dawn, Pakistain customs officials say between 210 and 240 tonnes of heroin was smuggled from Afghanistan and reached the global market after passing through Pakistain in the year 2011. Posted by: Fred 2013-09-01 |
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