London - British and Afghan troops have seized heroin and drug-making chemicals in southern Afghanistan with a street value of more than 50 million pounds (71 million dollars), Defence Secretary John Hutton said Wednesday.
Some 700 troops were involved in Operation Diesel, as the joint swoop on four drug factories in Helmand province was codenamed. It took place between February 6 and
11, Hutton revealed.
Facilities for making improvised bombs had also been disrupted.
"Operation Diesel was a clinical precision strike, supported by strong intelligence, which has had a powerful disruptive effect on known insurgent and narcotics networks in the area," Brigadier Gordon Messenger of the Royal Marines said.
London, Feb 18 : Brit footballer Wayne Rooney gave a sweet surprise to wife Coleen Rooney on Valentine's Day, as he booked a 120-pound room at the Merseyside resort in the Southport.
The resort was just 20 miles away from where he and Coleen grew up.
The couple celebrated their first Valentine's Day since their marriage in their room, after enjoying a quite drink just by themselves.
London, Feb 18 : Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has said the whole squad is playing so well at the moment that it is proving a nightmare to choose the final 11 and tell some of his stars that they are left out.
Ferguson said: "Everyone has done so well that I'm beginning to dread picking the team. I feel guilty when I am forced to leave someone out who has not only done nothing wrong but who has played exceptionally well."
London, February 18 : A paramedic hauled in by cops after being accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from John Travolta has been released on bail.
It was suggested that an ambulance driver and a high-ranking Bahamian official teamed up in a reported 17.6-million-pound plot to extort money from Travolta and his wife over information related to their 16-year-old son Jett''s death.
London, February 18 : Putting aside his alleged race rows, Prince Harry has set his sights on achieving his Apache dreams as he took control of a light aircraft.
The 24-year-old was said to have commanded a Slingsby Firefly in the company of an instructor as he took to the skies above RAF Barkston Heath in Lincolnshire.
The royal, who is training to pilot the meanest attack machine in the British Army, is expected to "master the 175mph trainer before moving to a Squirrel helicopter", reports the Sun.
London, Feb 18 : Christina Aguilera's `Dirrty' music video has been voted the `Sexiest Female Pop Promos of all Time'.
The 28-year-old topped the MSN Music poll by winning 42 percent of the votes, reports the Daily Star.
Her `Dirrty' video was released in 2002 after Aguilera was transformed from girl next door to sultry vixen.
The video features her performing various sexual fetishes, including mud wrestling, in a pair of leather chaps.
Following her was Britney Spears' `I'm A Slave 4 U' and Kylie Minogue for her `Spinning Around' video, which saw her shimmying in a tiny pair of gold hotpants.
Meanwhile, Justin Timberlake's debut single `Like I Love You' has been named `Raunchiest Male Pop Video'.
London, Feb 18 : Brit footballer Wayne Rooney gave a sweet surprise to wife Coleen Rooney on Valentine's Day, as he booked a 120-pound room at the Merseyside resort in the Southport.
London, Feb 18 : Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has said the whole squad is playing so well at the moment that it is proving a nightmare to choose the final 11 and tell some of his stars that they are left out.
London, February 18 : A paramedic hauled in by cops after being accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from John Travolta has been released on bail.
London, February 18 : Putting aside his alleged race rows, Prince Harry has set his sights on achieving his Apache dreams as he took control of a light aircraft.
