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Wed, 10/20/2010 - 13:22
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3 major drug trafficking gangs busted: official
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) -- Hamid Reza Hossein-Abadi, commander of the anti-drug squad of the Law Enforcement Forces, during a press conference informed that three drug smuggling gangs have been disbanded.
These gangs were active in Afghanistan and Pakistan and smuggled drugs to Sistan and Baluchistan Province and from there to Tehran where a portion of it was distributed and the rest of the drugs were smuggled by these gangs to Europe via Turkey, he added.
He added that over 10 tons of the illegal drugs were seized from three trailers and 15 automobiles and 25 traffickers were arrested.
During the press conference held on Tuesday the commander said that the production of hashish is on the rise in Afghanistan.
He noted that due to the soaring price of opium and reduction in its cultivation, opium is being gradually replaced with hashish.
As a result there is an increased consumption of hashish in the Persian Gulf countries, he said.
An American military vessel seized a ship carrying three tons of hashish to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE some two weeks ago, Hossein-Abadi added.
He also said previously 19 percent of the drugs were being transited to the Central Asian countries, but now this amount has increased to 30 percent, diminishing the role of Iran as a transit route for drugs.
These gangs were active in Afghanistan and Pakistan and smuggled drugs to Sistan and Baluchistan Province and from there to Tehran where a portion of it was distributed and the rest of the drugs were smuggled by these gangs to Europe via Turkey, he added.
He added that over 10 tons of the illegal drugs were seized from three trailers and 15 automobiles and 25 traffickers were arrested.
During the press conference held on Tuesday the commander said that the production of hashish is on the rise in Afghanistan.
He noted that due to the soaring price of opium and reduction in its cultivation, opium is being gradually replaced with hashish.
As a result there is an increased consumption of hashish in the Persian Gulf countries, he said.
An American military vessel seized a ship carrying three tons of hashish to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE some two weeks ago, Hossein-Abadi added.
He also said previously 19 percent of the drugs were being transited to the Central Asian countries, but now this amount has increased to 30 percent, diminishing the role of Iran as a transit route for drugs.
