Thursday, 26. September 2002

Topic: - on September 26, 2002 at 3:28:52 PM CEST

Massive post-war rise in production of Afghan opium

Britain is expected to be hit by a flood of heroin after a gigantic increase in the production of opium in Afghanistan, the United Nations will warn today. A UN survey estimates the farmers will grow 2,700 tons of opium this year compared with 185 tons in 2001, a 1,400 per cent jump.

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