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| Iraq |
| 50 kg of heroin seized on Iraqi-Syrian borders |
| 2009-01-03 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Fifty kilograms of heroin that were supposed to be smuggled in a car from Iraq to Syria were seized at Rabiea border point, the director general of the point said on Friday. "The heroin was hidden in a BMW car," Brig. Khalaf Hussein al-Juburi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "One-hundred bags of heroin, each weighing 500 grams, were seized inside the vehicle," he said. "The operation took place based on intelligence tip-offs," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Those NATO supply trucks are not making empty turnarounds. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins 5*** 2009-01-03 15:18 |
| #3 yeah it's probably karachis biggest export besides terrorist |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-03 09:22 |
| #2 "Via Iran from A'stan?" Or via Iran from P'stan. While a lot of the poppies are now grown in Afghanistan most of the heroin processing is done in Pakistan. While it could be shipped back to Afghanistan, it could also be going direct through Iran and onwards. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-01-03 01:00 |
| #1 Not huge, but still a significant bunch of heroin. I wonder how it got into Iraq in the first place. Via Iran from A'stan? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-01-03 00:28 |