Russia, US collaborate in Afghan drug raid, destroy $250M worth of heroin, morphine

[unhappycamper]

Russia, US collaborate in Afghan drug raid, destroy $250M worth of heroin, morphine
By David Nowak (CP) – 45 minutes ago

MOSCOW — U.S. and Russian special forces have raided drug labs in Afghanistan in an unprecedented collaborative military operation, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said Friday, destroying what a Russian official said was $250 million worth of heroin and morphine.

Afghan forces also were involved in the raid on four laboratories near the Pakistan border, a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said on customary condition of anonymity.

"This operation significantly damaged heroin manufacturing capabilities ... and at the same time demonstrated the will of the Afghan nation and those allies who are impacted by drug trafficking to take necessary steps to bring stability to the country," the spokesperson said in emailed comments. "This was a very significant operation which could not have been done by one nation alone."

Three of the labs produced heroin, while the fourth manufactured morphine for a long-established drugs route into Pakistan and beyond that had been worth an estimated $1 billion to the drug trade, RIA Novosti cited Russia's anti-narcotics chief Victor Ivanov as saying. Ivanov said up to 200 million doses of heroin were seized.

No date was given for the operation, news of which comes a week after Ivanov gave an interview to The Associated Press in Washington saying the U.S. has failed to dismantle heroin labs, despite specific information on the labs provided by Russia.

[unhappycamper]

1. The Mooney Times sez "Afghan raids net $60M in heroin"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/28/dea-seizes-60-million-heroin-in-raids/

$190 million dollars worth of morphine?


:wtf:

[Lost4words]

2. sounds like a windfall for the CIA.,,,,, nt