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Fri Dec-17-04 01:35 PM
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5. Afghan police seize tonnes of opium

Date: 17/12/04
By Paul Alexander

A special anti-narcotics task force raided drug laboratories in eastern Afghanistan, seizing more than 15 tonnes of opium.

That amount of opium, one of the largest hauls in recent years, could have been refined into about 1.5 tonnes of heroin.

UN surveys estimate Afghanistan accounted for three-quarters of the world's opium last year.

The raids took place Wednesday in Nangarhar province's Achin district, an Interior Ministry statement said, adding that Afghan Special Narcotics Force agents also destroyed 24 opium presses that are used to refine the drug.

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