A boarding team from the Royal Navy's HMS Chatham boards a vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday in a handout photo made available by the Combined Maritime Forces.From MSNBC:
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Coalition warships seized 30 tons of narcotics over 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.
The majority of the busts were carried out by the British navy. Drugs seized 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."
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My Comment: There is big money involved in the drug trade. But what is surprising is how much of it is coming from Iran.