Claim on drugs documentary

London - A British television company said yesterday it was investigating claims that parts of its award-winning documentary …

London - A British television company said yesterday it was investigating claims that parts of its award-winning documentary on a Colombian drugs cartel were faked.

The Guardian newspaper said that The Connection, a 1996 documentary made by independent Carlton Communications Plc on on the Cali cartel and its heroin smuggling route between South America and London, contained a number of major deceptions.

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