Libya's military seizes narcotics after firefight with smugglers
(Corrects paragraph 5 word to 'reponsibility') TRIPOLI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Libya's military brigade seized more than 1.3 million narcotic pills after a firefight with smugglers in a southeastern town that injured three soldiers, the military said on Friday. The north African nation has become a major regional transit hub for synthetic drugs and other narcotics en route to domestic users and elsewhere in the continent, the UN said in January.
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(Corrects paragraph 5 word to 'reponsibility')
TRIPOLI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Libya's military brigade seized more than 1.3 million narcotic pills after a firefight with smugglers in a southeastern town that injured three soldiers, the military said on Friday.
The north African nation has become a major regional transit hub for synthetic drugs and other narcotics en route to domestic users and elsewhere in the continent, the UN said in January.
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