LIFE IN PRISON

WASHINGTON (AP) An Afghan enemy combatant convicted on drug charges
has been sentenced to life in prison.

Heroin dealer Khan Mohammed on Monday received two life sentences
running concurrently from U. S. District Judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly.

In addiction to selling drugs, federal prosecutors said Mohammed also
was an arms trafficker who targeted Afghans and U. S. personnel in
Afghanistan. He was held as an enemy combatant before he agreed in
2006 to face trail in the United States.

A federal jury found Khan guilty of securing heroin and opium that he
knew were bound for the United States and, in doing so, assisting
terrorism activity.

His conviction on narco-terrorism charges in May was the first under
new narco-terrorism laws, the Justice department said.