Wednesday, 18. February 2009
Topic: DRUGS - on February 18, 2009 at 2:18:00 PM CET
Raids seize £50m of Afghan heroin
Hundreds of British and Afghan troops have seized heroin and drug-making chemicals in Afghanistan with a street value of more than £50m ($71m).
Defence Secretary John Hutton praised the troops' bravery and said the seizures in Helmand province would starve the Taleban of funding.
The raids on four drug factories, involving 700 troops, would also stop the drugs reaching UK streets, he said.
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