AFGHANISTAN HEROINE SEIZED

AFGHANISTAN HEROINE SEIZED

epa03043379 Afghan security officials inspect packs of heroine which were confiscated during an operation against smugglers trying to transport the drugs to neighboring Iran, in Herat, Afghanistan, 26 December 2011. According to the Afghan opium survey, the production of opium in Afghanistan is expected to rise by 61 per cent in 2011 and the value of the crop would more than double, the United Nations forecast in October, in a trend it called distressing. Opium is used to produce drugs such as heroin and morphine. Afghanistan produces about 80 per cent of the worlds supply of opium, which the UN report said provides nine per cent of the countrys gross domestic product. EPA/JALIL REZAYEE < 연합뉴스 모바일앱 다운받기 >< 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자(c)연합뉴스. 무단전재-재배포금지. >