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| Authorities seize three tonnes of drugs, arms |
| 2003-02-27 |
| Authorities said today they had seized over three tonnes of drugs smuggled in from Afghanistan as well as mortar bombs and anti-aircraft ammunition in two raids this week. The paramilitary Frontier Corps seized 1.3 tonnes of morphine on Wednesday in Girdi Jungle refugee camp, 250 km (150 miles) southwest of Quetta near the Afghan border, a Corps officer said. The Corps found the morphine, 22 mortar shells and 12 boxes of anti-aircraft gun rounds — all smuggled in from Afghanistan — in an abandoned house in the camp after a tip-off, he said. In the central city of Multan, customs officials said they seized two tonnes of hashish on Wednesday and arrested a smuggler posing as an army officer in a fake military vehicle. The antiaircraft ammunition and the mortars make it sound like the Bad Guys are mixing business with pleasure. Tell me again the difference between a terrorist and a crook? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |