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Belgium, Germany seize 5 tonnes of hashish

Reuters

Tuesday 26 Sep 2006

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BERLIN (Reuters) - A joint German and Belgian police investigation has
led to the seizure of some 5 tonnes of marijuana resin sent from
Pakistan this month alone, Germany's BKA federal police said on Tuesday.

They said 2.4 tonnes of hashish -- resin derived from the marijuana
plant -- was confiscated over a week ago by Belgian police at Antwerp
airport. Police seized another 2.5 tonnes earlier in September in Belgium.

"After around 2.5 tonnes of hashish were seized on September 4 on the
Belgian side of the border with Germany and the Netherlands, there was a
second blow dealt to international organised drug trafficking on Sept
19," a BKA statement said.

Since July, German prosecutors have been investigating Pakistani and
Afghan groups suspected of smuggling large quantities of hashish to
Europe from the north west frontier area in Pakistan.

Germany seized 3.6 tonnes of hashish last year in roughly 13,000 cases.
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