29 Mar 2024
Saturday 23 November 2013 - 17:35
Story Code : 66412

Police seize over 2 tons of narcotics in Southwestern Iran in 8 months

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's drug combat squads have seized more than 2,000 kilograms of narcotics in the Southwestern province of Kohgilouyeh and Boyerahmad in the first 8 months of the current Iranian year (March 21-November 21), a provincial police chief said on Saturday.


We have discovered and seized over two tons of various kinds of narcotics, including heroin, crystal meth (Methamphetamine), crack and opium in the past eight months, Kohgilouyeh and Boyerahmad Police Commander Colonel Qolamabbas Qolamzadeh told FNA today.

He said 35 drug-smuggling drug rings have been busted in the said period, and added, 121 cars and motorcycles have also been seized in this relation.

Iran lies on a major drug route between Afghanistan and Europe, as well as the Persian Gulf states. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian police have lost more than 3720 of their personnel in the country's combat against narcotics.

According to official estimates, Iran's battle against drugs cost the country around $1 billion annually. Strategies pursued by Tehran include digging canals, building barriers and installing barbed wire to seal the country's borders, specially in the East.

Iran has recently established a central database and strengthened police-judiciary cooperation in a new effort to combat organized crime.

Every year, Iran burns more than 60 tons of seized narcotics as a symbol of its determination to fight drugs.

By Fars News Agency

 

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