Posted on 06/12/2008 4:42:24 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
THE world's biggest drug bust has been executed by narcotics agents in Afghanistan, who say they uncovered 236 tonnes of hashish hidden in trenches in the south of the country.
The massive haul, found in the southern province of Kandahar on Monday, was worth more than $US400 million ($426 million) and would have netted the Taliban about $US14 million in profits, NATO officials said yesterday.
It weighed as much as 30 double-decker London buses.
"To our knowledge, this was the biggest drug seizure in the world," said Afghanistan's deputy interior minister Abdul Hadi Khalid.
He said the drugs were found hidden in multiple trenches and that all 236.8 tonnes were burned in the trenches later the same day.
The previous record was set in Colombia when 81 tonnes of coca were seized, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper said.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime today congratulated Afghan police on the raid.
"This is a massive seizure, and a major success for counter-narcotics in Afghanistan," said UNODC executive director Antonio Maria Costa.
"Notorious for being the world's biggest producer of opium, Afghanistan has also become a major source of cannabis resin."
Another five tonnes of opium was seized in southern Helmand province over the weekend.
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Oh man. C’mon guys, share.
LOL! Imagine being downwind of that place.
Well, darn it. Give it back to them. Poor souls.
Massoud did okay against the Soviets on hashish (with a little help from the CIA).
Hash futures are about to go through the roof.
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