Benghazi, Libya: Libya’s anti-drug squad on Monday announced the discovery of 323 bars of hashish wrapped with images of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 250-gram (nine-ounce) bars were found in Al-Marj in the country’s northeast, an anti-narcotics authority official told AFP. Pictures of the pot cache were passed around on social media, each bar wrapped in cellophane and topped with a photograph of the Russian leader with a grim expression and black tie. Drug and alcohol trafficking has exploded since Libya collapsed into lawlessness after a 2011 revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi.

Source: Libya Today February 08, 2022 07:41 UTC