Pubdate: Sat, 28 Jun 2014
Source: New York Daily News (NY)
Copyright: 2014 Daily News, L.P.
Contact:  http://www.nydailynews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/295
Author: Oren Yaniv
Page: 2
Bookmark: http://mapinc.org/topic/khat

KHAT RING IS CHEWED UP

AN INTERNATIONAL ring that distributed an illegal chewable substance 
called khat has been stamped out, authorities announced Friday.

Seventeen members of the alleged drug ring that brought tons of the 
euphoria-inducing plant from Yemen, Kenya and Ethiopia to the city 
and beyond were charged in a 215-count indictment unsealed in 
Brooklyn by the state's attorney general office.

Khat's leaves and stems are chewed and contain an amphetamine-like stimulant.
- ---
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom