Lebanese police destroy hashish plantation

The Lebanese police have destroyed a poppy field near the ancient Lebanese town of Baalbek on Saturday as part of the government's campaigns against illegal drugs in Lebanon, Lebanese security officials said. Some 50 drug enforcement officers destroyed about 10 km of hashish plantation in Younen village,

30 km northeast of Baalbek in the eastern part of Lebanon. Following the end of the civil war in Lebanon, the Lebanese army backed by Syrian security forces deployed in the region destroyed most of the hashish plantations.