Navy: 30 tons of drugs seized in Persian Gulf

[sabra]

Source: AP

Seizures cut off possible funds to Afghan insurgents, officials say

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Coalition warships seized 30 tons of narcotics over the past five months on Persian Gulf patrols, cutting off possible funds for insurgents in Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy said in a statement Tuesday.

The majority of the busts were carried out by the British navy. Drugs seized included hashish, opiates, cocaine and amphetamines, the statement said, without giving a specific breakdown.

Commodore Keith Winstanley, the British navy's commander in the Middle East, said illegal drugs are "one of the gravest threats to the long-term security of Afghanistan and a vital source of funding for the Taliban warlords."

Winstanley said the seizure of the drugs dealt "a significant blow to the illegal trade."



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[MetaTrope]

1. Not everybody is happy regarding the fate of this "significant blow"

[Kolesar]

10. ah

:rofl:
IIRC, bush-boy was "grounded" as a "pilot" when he refused to take an Air Force medical exam when they would have looked up his nostrils for signs of cocaine use.

I doubt that the child ever soloed in a Delta jet.

[Arctic Dave]

2. "a significant blow to the illegal trade."

Whoever made this statement obviously does't understand how immense the drug trade is. 30 tons isn't going to make any type of "significant" dent.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. "We siezed 30.....errr I mean 10.....ohh make that 5 tons. Yeah just 5....We swear" n/t

[SpiralHawk]

5. "And its 'street value' is 45 Trillion dollars, or whatever. Smirk." - The 'Law'

eom

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. "Yeah it's some really good shi...ahem......What I mean is it's some very potent contraband very

dangerous stuff. HEY COULD YOU GUYS KEEP IT DOWN BACK THERE!" (Rick james music playing in the back).

Have I taken this too far?

[freethought]

14. Meanwhile in the background

One can hear
"Hey Dude! Pass that over here man! Damn! This is some primo skunk!"

[dipsydoodle]

4. Doesn't say

in which direction they were going. Maybe it was supplies for the troops. Cocaine don't grow in Afghanistan and I'm not too sure the villagers would bother making speed with all those poppies around.

Time for John Prine's Sam Stone : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OwEyXFhZ9g

[Indenturedebtor]

8. That was my first thought as well

This was probably just a normal bunch of drug busts. Why would you import coca to process into cocaine when you're in the Poppy capital of the world?!?!

I don't trust anything these idiots say anymore.

And another thing... if drugs were legal they wouldn't be so damn lucrative morons!

[Mabus]

6. Damn it! Looks like I'm going to have to cancel the party this weekend

:cry:

[jody]

9. Dubya blaming a country's patriots for all manner of ills is laughable. Global warming next? n/t

[sakabatou]

11. Recipient was to be the White house.

[Javaman]

12. more bullshit from the bullshitters. nt

[olddad56]

13. where are the drugs now? Has the CIA already re-sold them?

[Wilber_Stool]

15. Awuh man,

it's just my stash.