31.   Lucrative smuggling routes pass through the border province into neighboring Pakistan.

32.   Lucrative smuggling routes also pass through Paktia into neighboring Pakistan.

33.   Pradel said the heroin apparently originated in Turkey and had been sent through Poland because the war in former Yugoslavia had made the Balkan smuggling route more unpredictable.

34.   Since the collapse of communism in Albania, the impoverished Balkan country has gained a reputation as a major smuggling route.

35.   Southeastern Iran is a major smuggling route for narcotics originating in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

36.   Sistan-Baluchistan borders Pakistan and is a major smuggling route for narcotics originating in that country and Afghanistan destined for Europe.

37.   Social workers say many parents have to bribe Chinese officials for a place in line, and the smuggling route is cheaper.

38.   Thailand is a chief smuggling route for the illicit drug.

39.   The most frequently used smuggling routes, on both the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, start in Singapore and Malaysia.

40.   The town straddles the border with Thailand and has long been known as a key smuggling route for drugs into Thailand and onto Western nations.