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| Task force makes heroin bust off Africa |
| 2013-04-02 |
| An Australian-led naval task force conducting counter-terror and security operations in the Middle East has seized and destroyed half a tonne of heroin from a ship intercepted off east Africa. Task force commander Australian navy Commodore Charles McHardie said the operation was carried out by Canadian frigate HMCS Toronto, and was part of a broader mission to cut the flow of heroin from Afghanistan to Africa. Heroin trafficking was a major source of financial supply for terrorist activity and the latest haul, one of the largest ever maritime heroin busts, had an estimated street value of $100 million. "The destruction of this cargo strikes at the financial heart of global terrorist organisations," he said in a statement on Tuesday. HMCS Toronto boarded and searched the vessel in the Indian Ocean adjacent to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, as part of Operation Southern Sweep. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Did the Aussies scuttle the tub after they found the drugs? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-04-02 09:28 |