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Saturday 17 January 2009

Sentenced 12 drugs smugglers to a total of 155 years in jail

Afghan courts have sentenced 12 drugs smugglers to a total of 155 years in jail after their arrests led to the seizure of heroin and opium valued at $97mn, a British team said yesterday.The men were all from the southern province of Helmand, the heart of Afghanistan’s illegal drugs production, and were convicted in the past six months, the British-run provincial reconstruction team said in a statement.
“A bonus is that more than half of the 19 tons of opium, and 206kg of heroin, that were seized when those men were arrested would have been heading for the United Kingdom,” it quoted British police adviser Dave Wright as saying.Police said the drugs would have a street value in Britain of at least $97mn, an official said.
The men were sentenced in the capital Kabul to between 10 and 17 years each, reaching a total of 155, and ordered to pay nearly $247,000 in fines.

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