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| Afghan police seize over half tonne of heroin |
| 2008-01-03 |
| Afghan police have seized more than half a tonne of heroin and opium in the eastern province of Nangarhar, the interior ministry said Wednesday. In the biggest seizure in months, anti-drug police found 400 kilograms of heroin on Tuesday and detained an armed man linked to the drugs, the ministry said in a statement. It did not give further details. Nearly 250 kilograms of opium - the raw ingredient to make heroin - was seized in a separate raid in the same province, the statement said. More than 20 kilos of chemicals used in making heroin were also seized, it added. Afghanistan produces more than 90 percent of the worldÂ’s opium. Despite internationally backed efforts to cut the drugs trade, AfghanistanÂ’s opium production grew by 34 percent in 2007, according to a UN survey. The government says the illicit drug trade fuels the insurgency mainly waged by Taliban militants whose regime was toppled in a US-led invasion in late 2001 for sheltering Al-Qaeda leaders such as Osama bin Laden. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Or better yet, legalize the crop. I have to agree, it would kill the profit that keeps the drug lords in the business, remove the thugs, and much would be better, much like moonshiners profit from "Dry" legislation. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-01-03 14:48 |
| #6 Or better yet, legalize the crop. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-01-03 13:34 |
| #5 all it takes is congress to permit a fungus to get loose on poppies. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-01-03 13:25 |
| #4 Glancing at the headline I thought I read they had captured half a ton of *Iranians* and thought, what a really cool way to measure enemy dead. Imagine: Coalition forces today killed over 7,000 pounds of AQI in sweeps throughout Baghdad. Doesn't that read well? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-01-03 12:15 |
| #3 ... and boy, are they sleepy! |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-01-03 10:58 |
| #2 A drop in the five-gallon bucket. yep, a sop givin up by the state sanctioned drug runners. /Ima cynic |
| Posted by: Lashkar-e-Dawg 2008-01-03 10:56 |
| #1 A drop in the five-gallon bucket. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-01-03 01:06 |