Drugs, Inc.: Hash
Sunday, January 1, 2012, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Smuggling hashish from the remote Moroccan Riff Mountains to the streets of Europe is a dirty, dangerous business. A former British gangster serves as guide into this illicit underworld, visiting a secret hash-making location nestled in the mountains. Using everything from hidden car compartments and donkeys to skis and drug mules, the smugglers’ key is to be as inconspicuous as possible. At the front line of Europe’s war on drugs, customs agents near Gibraltar seize 100 kilograms of hashish, but barely scratch the surface. From Spain, smugglers like “Billy” take great risks to strap blocks of hash onto their bodies and board flights, while users pay a heavy price — as seen at a local youth psychiatric clinic in Holland.
