Mexican tar heroin

By Associated Press file photo

May 24, 2010 | 12:59 p.m. CDT

Mexican tar heroin seized in different raid operations is seen during a news conference by the County of Ventura District Attorney's officials on March 29 at the Ventura County Sheriff's Department Jail Annex Building, in Ventura, Calif.

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