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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Huge drugs haul by Navy warships in Gulf

Royal Navy warships have intercepted 23 tonnes of drugs that defence officials believe were being used to fund Taliban forces fighting British troops in Afghanistan.

New figures reveal that seizures in the so-called 'hash highway' - the shipping lanes used by narcotics barons in the Gulf - have increased over the past five months with Navy interceptions accounting for more than 70 per cent of the total found.

Drugs seized by the frigates Chatham and Montrose and the destroyer Edinburgh include tens of millions of pounds' worth of hashish, opiates, cocaine and amphetamines.

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