British Troops Investigated for Heroin Smuggling

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**ShumaGorath**

British troops investigated for heroin smuggling
Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers may have trafficked heroin from Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Defence said they were aware of "unsubstantiated" claims that troops were using military aircraft to ship the drug out of the country.

The inquiry is focusing on service personnel at airports in Camp Bastion and Kandahar.

Security has been tightened, with additional sniffer dogs being used as part of the crackdown at the bases.

An MoD spokeswoman said: "We are aware of these allegations.

"Although they are unsubstantiated, we take any such reports very seriously and we have already tightened our existing procedures both in Afghanistan and in the UK, including through increasing the use of trained sniffer dogs.

"We regret any inconvenience this causes to our service personnel. Any of our people found to be engaged in trafficking of illegal narcotics will feel the full weight of the law."

Drugs and weapons

BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale said the Royal Military Police's Special Investigation Branch launched their investigation before the allegations were reported in the press.

Our correspondent added the increased security measures - such as the use of sniffer dogs at Afghan and British airbases - were introduced last month.

Afghanistan is the source of 90% of the world's opium.

The multimillion dollar trade in poppy production is used to fuel the insurgency.

It allow militants to purchase weapons with which they then attack the Afghan government and international forces, destabilising the region.

According to a 2008 UN report, 98% of the country's opium is grown in just seven provinces where there are permanent Taleban settlements and where organised crime profits from the instability.

So those UK troops are much more professional in police actions eh Alby?

**Shadowbrand**

My god...

**Albatross**

ShumaGorath wrote:

British troops investigated for heroin smuggling
Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers may have trafficked heroin from Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Defence said they were aware of "unsubstantiated" claims that troops were using military aircraft to ship the drug out of the country.

The inquiry is focusing on service personnel at airports in Camp Bastion and Kandahar.

Security has been tightened, with additional sniffer dogs being used as part of the crackdown at the bases.

An MoD spokeswoman said: "We are aware of these allegations.

"Although they are unsubstantiated, we take any such reports very seriously and we have already tightened our existing procedures both in Afghanistan and in the UK, including through increasing the use of trained sniffer dogs.

"We regret any inconvenience this causes to our service personnel. Any of our people found to be engaged in trafficking of illegal narcotics will feel the full weight of the law."

Drugs and weapons

BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale said the Royal Military Police's Special Investigation Branch launched their investigation before the allegations were reported in the press.

Our correspondent added the increased security measures - such as the use of sniffer dogs at Afghan and British airbases - were introduced last month.

Afghanistan is the source of 90% of the world's opium.

The multimillion dollar trade in poppy production is used to fuel the insurgency.

It allow militants to purchase weapons with which they then attack the Afghan government and international forces, destabilising the region.

According to a 2008 UN report, 98% of the country's opium is grown in just seven provinces where there are permanent Taleban settlements and where organised crime profits from the instability.

So those UK troops are much more professional in police actions eh Alby?

So those claims are substantiated, eh Shuma?

**ShumaGorath**

So those claims are substantiated, eh Shuma?

I chose to mentally redact the parts that said unsubstantiated

. Clearly we'll have to wait and see before passing any real judgements.

**Albatross**

ShumaGorath wrote:
So those claims are substantiated, eh Shuma?

I chose to mentally redact the parts that said unsubstantiated . Clearly we'll have to wait and see before passing any real judgements.

Yes we will. Good-day, sir.

**ShumaGorath**

Albatross wrote:
ShumaGorath wrote:
So those claims are substantiated, eh Shuma?

I chose to mentally redact the parts that said unsubstantiated . Clearly we'll have to wait and see before passing any real judgements.

Yes we will. Good-day, sir.

Sir, I'm going to need to make sure you don't have any heroin before you leave.

**Albatross**

I SAID GOOD-DAY, SIR!

**ShumaGorath**

Albatross wrote:I SAID GOOD-DAY, SIR!

CONSTABLE! STOP THAT MAN!

**Albatross**

PAH! You'll never catch me, not with an armful of sweet, sweet Horse in my veins.

**ShumaGorath**

My god, I've never seen a Brit run so fast.

**Albatross**

Heroin: It improves your lap times.

**Ahtman**

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the best thread of the week.

**dogma**

So are drugs and war like tea and crumpets?

**Albatross**

No, they're more like bangers and mash.

It's alcoholism and domestic violence that go together like tea and crumpets. Did you learn NOTHING at orientation?

**dogma**

I learned that bangers and mash can get you shot.

I also learned that Sam Jackson can pull off a kilt.

**WarOne**

Hey, the British are good at mixing war and business.

Nothing wrong here other than what they have been doing for about several hundred years: imperialize and drug traffick.

**avantgarde**

The first thing I thought of was Frank Lucas, then about how I really liked American Gangster, but this is more like British Gangster. Then I thought how much more bad-a British Gangster would be if they got Mark Strong to play the lead. Then I read Mark Strong was playing Sinestro in the new Green Lantern movie and was like no fething way.

Also,

dogma wrote:I also learned that Sam Jackson can pull off a kilt.

Snoop does it better.