Libyan Police Seize 70 Kg of Raw Heroin.
Summary: A Libyan anti narcotics task force authorities announced on Wednesday that it seized 70 Kilogram of pure raw heroin and arrested a number of drug dealers people related to the case.A Libyan anti narcotics task force authorities announced on Wednesday that it seized 70 Kilogram of pure raw heroin and arrested a number of drug dealers people related to the case.
The huge amount of raw heroin arrived from Pakistan, according to Dr. Mohammed Faitouri, the General Coordinator of National Awareness Program at the Anti Narcotics Authority, who spoke to Al-Jamahiriya daily on Wednesday.
The amount of heroin was hidden in silicone sealant tubes and the man arrested with the drugs told the police that he bought it very cheap at an auction. He claimed that he tried to sell the tubes to various shops as construction materials and then he found out that it was raw heroin.
But he later confessed that he knew it was drugs and indeed bought at an auction. Libyan authorities believe that there must have been more huge amounts of these dangerous materials already in the market.
The authorities also said the seized drugs could be processed to over 700 kilograms and could reach millions of people. It is enough for the killing 700,000 people and for causing 70,000 people to get infected with AIDS.
Faitouri said in light of the sheer size of seized heroin, the drug could have been meant to be using Libya as transit point as the market would not take the whole quantity. The amount also did not reflect the consumption levels in the country.
Raw heroin has been known as a snortable form of a potent drug.
Police and health officials in other countries have warned that the influx of pure, raw heroin is part of an attempt by international drug dealers to attract a new class of users.
Snortable heroin is seen as a preferable alternative to injecting the narcotic because of the strong possibility of contracting AIDS through use of hypodermic needles.
The problem is that suppliers usually cut the purity of the addictive drug to users once they are hooked and reap windfall profits as users are forced to inject a weaker, inferior heroin to get a comparable high.
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| Publication: | The Tripoli Post (Tripoli, Libya) |
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| Date: | Dec 27, 2010 |
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