Pakistan seizes 1.2 tonnes of opium from Afghanistan
( 2003-10-13 21:59) (Agencies)
Pakistani authorities have seized 1.2 tonnes of opium from a house in the
southwestern province of Baluchistan, a police official said on Monday.
The opium, which officials believe came from the province of Helmand in
neighbouring Afghanistan, was hidden in a house in Chaghi, 240 km (150 miles)
southwest of Quetta, the provincial capital.
"One man was arrested but there was no clash or violence during the raid last
night," the police official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.
Baluchistan, the poorest and least developed of Pakistan's four provinces, is
a favourite route for the smugglers to bring opium from Afghanistan to send on
to the Middle East and Europe to make heroin.
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