Thursday, June 11, 2009

DTN News: British Forces With Afghan Army In Joint Operation To Eliminate Narcotic Trade

DTN News: British Forces With Afghan Army In Joint Operation To Eliminate Narcotic Trade
*Source: DTN News
(NSI News Source Info) KABUL, Afghanistan - June 11, 2009: In this image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, Monday June 8, 2009.
British soldiers of the The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, deploy from a Chinook helicopter in the desert of Afghanistan's Upper Sangin Valley, Sunday May 31, 2009, at the start of a joint operation with the Afghan National Army, to search compounds and destroy drug caches and narcotic manufacturing facilities.
The operation destroyed ten narcotic manufacturing facilities, and as well as the opium, it netted 220 kg of morphine, more than 100 kg of heroin and 148 kg of cannabis.

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