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07-10-2008, 05:24 PM
- INTELLIGENCE ALERT -
“READY TO USE” VIALS OF INJECTABLE HEROIN SOLUTIONS
IN FARAH PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
The DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory (Dulles,
Virginia) recently received several submissions of sealed
injection vials, each containing approximately 2 milliliters of
yellow to golden colored liquids, purported heroin solutions (see
Photo 3). The exhibits were seized by the Afghanistan Special
Narcotics Force (ASNF) and DEA personnel at a residential
complex in Farah Province, Afghanistan (located in the western
part of the country, bordering Iran). In all, about 25 of the vials
were submitted for analysis (there were over 200,000 such vials
at the complex). Analysis via GC/FID, GC/MS, NMR,
FTIR-ATR, and CE confirmed that the liquids were solutions of
heroin hydrochloride in water (pH 4 - 5), varying from trace to
13 milligrams/milliliter (most were between 12 - 13
milligrams/milliliter). O6-Monoacetylmorphine was the
primary component in solutions with low heroin concentrations,
and it appears that in these cases the heroin hydrolyzed before
the solution was analyzed. Pheniramine and caffeine were also found in some of the solutions.
Based on investigative intelligence, it is believed that the vials were prepared as “ready-to-use”
injectable heroin solutions. These were the first submissions of this type to the Special Testing
and Research Laboratory.
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0508/mg0508.pdf
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“READY TO USE” VIALS OF INJECTABLE HEROIN SOLUTIONS
IN FARAH PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
The DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory (Dulles,
Virginia) recently received several submissions of sealed
injection vials, each containing approximately 2 milliliters of
yellow to golden colored liquids, purported heroin solutions (see
Photo 3). The exhibits were seized by the Afghanistan Special
Narcotics Force (ASNF) and DEA personnel at a residential
complex in Farah Province, Afghanistan (located in the western
part of the country, bordering Iran). In all, about 25 of the vials
were submitted for analysis (there were over 200,000 such vials
at the complex). Analysis via GC/FID, GC/MS, NMR,
FTIR-ATR, and CE confirmed that the liquids were solutions of
heroin hydrochloride in water (pH 4 - 5), varying from trace to
13 milligrams/milliliter (most were between 12 - 13
milligrams/milliliter). O6-Monoacetylmorphine was the
primary component in solutions with low heroin concentrations,
and it appears that in these cases the heroin hydrolyzed before
the solution was analyzed. Pheniramine and caffeine were also found in some of the solutions.
Based on investigative intelligence, it is believed that the vials were prepared as “ready-to-use”
injectable heroin solutions. These were the first submissions of this type to the Special Testing
and Research Laboratory.
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0508/mg0508.pdf
Xanax blotters are cool too!!
Check da microgram 4 pix