Persian Gulf: warships seize 30 tons of drugs

By Xinhua,

Beijing : Coalition warships seized 30 tons of narcotics during 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.

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The majority of the seizures were carried out by the British navy. Drugs confiscated 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.”