A 5-year-old Colombian girl traveling alone on a commercial flight from Afghanistan to New York last week was discovered carrying more than two pounds of heroin concealed in her luggage, according to U.S. Customs officials. Although officials cited numerous cases of unaccompanied minors apprehended smuggling illegal drugs, they said that this was by far the youngest child. The child was exiting the baggage area with two suitcases when a Customs inspector stopped her for …
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…the United States increased by 22 percent to $79 billion. While America's heroin imports rose by 7 percent to four tons worth about $8 billion, cocaine supply jumped a remarkable 57 percent to 44 tons worth $29 billion. There were signs that the situation would worsen. Without any restraint on production or processing, heroin exports from Pakistan and Afghanistan continued to grow. Rising from about 100 tons in 1971, Afghanistan's opium production reached 300 tons in 1982 and then doubled to 575 tons in the next harvest.