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Police Seize over 2.5 Tons of Narcotics in Southern Iran
TEHRAN, April 20 (FNA)- The anti-drug squads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police have seized large volumes of narcotics in the country's Southern province of Hormozgan during the last 30 days, a senior provincial police chief announced on Tuesday.
"After a month of day and night operations and extensive intelligence works, the personnel of Hormozgan's anti-drug police together with other law enforcement units managed to disband eight armed rings involved in drug-trafficking activities and identify and stop 32 vehicles carrying drug cargos," Hormozgan's Police Chief Mohammad Ali Akhoundi told reporters today.
He added that the police forces have seized 2,542kg of different types of narcotics as well as 8 weapons in these operations.
Akhoundi further said that seizures included 2,149kg of hashish, 267kg of opium and 126kg of heroin, crack (condensed heroin) and other types of narcotics.
Iran, located at the crossroad of international drug smuggling from Afghanistan to Europe, has taken new security measures in its border provinces following several attacks by terrorists and drug traffickers at its Eastern and Western borders.
The anti-drug squads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police have intensified their countrywide campaign against drug-trafficking through staging long-term systematic operations since last year.
The Iranian anti-narcotic police have always staged periodic, but short-term, operations against drug traffickers and dealers, but the latest reports - which among others indicate an improved and systematic dissemination of information - reveal that the world's most forefront and dedicated anti-narcotic force (as UN drug-campaign assessments put it) has embarked on a long-term countrywide plan to crack down on the drug trade since the beginning of the last Iranian year (started on March 21, 2010).
According to the statistical figures released by the UN, Iran ranks first among the world countries in preventing entry of drugs and decreasing demand for narcotics.
"After a month of day and night operations and extensive intelligence works, the personnel of Hormozgan's anti-drug police together with other law enforcement units managed to disband eight armed rings involved in drug-trafficking activities and identify and stop 32 vehicles carrying drug cargos," Hormozgan's Police Chief Mohammad Ali Akhoundi told reporters today.
He added that the police forces have seized 2,542kg of different types of narcotics as well as 8 weapons in these operations.
Akhoundi further said that seizures included 2,149kg of hashish, 267kg of opium and 126kg of heroin, crack (condensed heroin) and other types of narcotics.
Iran, located at the crossroad of international drug smuggling from Afghanistan to Europe, has taken new security measures in its border provinces following several attacks by terrorists and drug traffickers at its Eastern and Western borders.
The anti-drug squads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police have intensified their countrywide campaign against drug-trafficking through staging long-term systematic operations since last year.
The Iranian anti-narcotic police have always staged periodic, but short-term, operations against drug traffickers and dealers, but the latest reports - which among others indicate an improved and systematic dissemination of information - reveal that the world's most forefront and dedicated anti-narcotic force (as UN drug-campaign assessments put it) has embarked on a long-term countrywide plan to crack down on the drug trade since the beginning of the last Iranian year (started on March 21, 2010).
According to the statistical figures released by the UN, Iran ranks first among the world countries in preventing entry of drugs and decreasing demand for narcotics.
