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| India-Pakistan |
| LI 'arrests' drug smugglers |
| 2008-09-12 |
| The Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) on Thursday claimed it had foiled a bid to smuggle 23 kilogrammes of heroin from Afghanistan, and had taken two people into custody. The LI sources said that the organisation's activists stopped a car coming from Afghanistan in the Tirah area in Khyber Agency and found 23 kilogrammes of heroin in a search. They arrested the car's driver and the man who had hired him. The LI personnel brought the contraband to the LI Spin Qabr Markaz where they set it on fire. LI Ameer Mangal Bagh told reporters that the Afghan and Pakistan border guards were involved in smuggling and received bribes from the smugglers. He said that the LI had destroyed all heroin factories in Khyber Agency and had banned its transportation. He added that the LI would take action against those involved in the business. |
| Posted by:Fred |