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Afghanistan
Two-and-a-half tonnes of drugs destroyed in Kandahar
2008-12-21
Afghan commandoes and coalition forces discovered and destroyed two-and-a-half tonnes of drugs found in a school in Arghestan district, Kandahar province, on Friday, according to an official statement.

The combined forces were conducting a foot patrol when a commando stopped to search a school and found that the building contained about two-and-a-half tonnes of marijuana besides a large room filled with marijuana seeds. The drugs were stored in two-foot-tall stacks that filled multiple 12ft-by-12ft rooms. No students or faculty were around and the school's furniture was found in the courtyard outside classrooms. The amount of rust on the furniture indicated that the school had not been in use for a long time. With the help of local villagers, the drugs were taken outside the school and destroyed.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Dunno for certain but I suspect black tar from Mexico is probably not as strong, pure or potent as some of the stuff from Asia.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2008-12-21 15:04  

#4  does it really matter what kind of heroin you are using or dealing in? Heroin is pretty hard core in any case
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2008-12-21 13:54  

#3  OP, 'black tar' is heroin that's been crudely processed. Used to come mainly from Mexican labs that were set up by newbies, now from a couple places including Afghanistan according to a friend of mine who works the drugs beat in NY. Purity / potencies vary, but can be relatively high these days. Occasionally people die from the contaminants.
Posted by: lotp   2008-12-21 12:27  

#2  I guess the student and faculty got into some of the 2.5 tonnes of weed and simply walked away from the school--maybe giggling some as they walked away.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-12-21 12:07  

#1  Nice pic, Fred. Do you know what "black tar heroin" is, and how it's produced? We have a local school where a dozen or so students have been arrested for using or dealing in it. Wonder if it came from Afghanistan?
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-12-21 11:57  

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