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Drug cartels look for alternate outlets
Sanjay Pinto
Thursday, October 18, 2001, NDTV
With American bombings in full swing in Afghanistan, the drug lords who
used to look upon Afghanistan as a big supplier are now in a dilemma.
The drug cartels need to find another supplier to replace Afghanistan,
which until the war began supplied 70 per cent of the world heroin
supply.
These drug cartels could turn to India which last year produced 26,000
kilograms of heroin. "Outsourcing from India is a lucrative idea for the
producers here and for the people who want the drug to be in their
country due to a paucity of the Afghani origin drug. Definitely the
scenario is going to be a bit serious," said Shankar Jiwal, Director,
Narcotics Control Bureau.
Although Burma is the next largest producer of heroin it's difficult to
smuggle the drug to Western countries because the heroin has to cross a
arduous land route via India or through China.
But heroin produced in India can travel through an easier land route
from Pakistan to Russia, Turkey and Europe and increase menace for
India's narcotics control agencies already battling a jump in drug
smuggling.
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<p><font color="#FF0000">Sanjay Pinto</font>
<br><font color="#FF0000">Thursday, October 18, 2001, NDTV</font>
<p><font size=+1>With American bombings in full swing in Afghanistan, the
drug lords who used to look upon Afghanistan as a big supplier are now
in a dilemma. The drug cartels need to find another supplier to replace
Afghanistan, which until the war began supplied 70 per cent of the world
heroin supply.</font>
<p><font size=+1>These drug cartels could turn to India which last year
produced 26,000 kilograms of heroin. "Outsourcing from India is a lucrative
idea for the producers here and for the people who want the drug to be
in their country due to a paucity of the Afghani origin drug. Definitely
the scenario is going to be a bit serious," said Shankar Jiwal, Director,
Narcotics Control Bureau.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Although Burma is the next largest producer of heroin
it's difficult to smuggle the drug to Western countries because the heroin
has to cross a arduous land route via India or through China.</font>
<p><font size=+1>But heroin produced in India can travel through an easier
land route from Pakistan to Russia, Turkey and Europe and increase menace
for India's narcotics control agencies already battling a jump in drug
smuggling.</font>
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