Troops destroy opium poppies
Syrian and Lebanese troops yesterday bulldozed vast fields of opium poppies and hashish in the Bekaa Valley in their biggest crackdown on the drug trade, AP reports from Deir al-Ahmar in Lebanon. Soldiers destroyed the fields and then combed the area on foot. An ultimatum for farmers to destroy their marijuana and opium plantations expired on Tuesday.
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