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Iranian Police Seize over 25 Tons of Narcotics in One Month
TEHRAN, April 23 (FNA)- The anti-drug squads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police have seized large volumes of narcotics throughout the country during the last 30 days as police intensified its anti-narcotics measures, a senior drug-campaign commander said.
Commander of the anti-narcotics squad of Iran's Law Enforcement Police General Hamid Reza Hossein-Abadi said on Thursday that more than 25,500 kilograms of narcotics were seized within the first Persian calendar month of Farvardin (March 21-April 20).
He said the seized drugs included two tons of heroin, 18.5 tons of opium, 800 kilograms of hashish and 133 kilograms of morphine, and that a total of 18,599 people have been arrested for buying or selling drugs.
Iranian officials say they dismantled more than a hundred drug gangs during last month as the country tightens the noose around dealers and users 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.
Commander of the anti-narcotics squad of Iran's Law Enforcement Police General Hamid Reza Hossein-Abadi said on Thursday that more than 25,500 kilograms of narcotics were seized within the first Persian calendar month of Farvardin (March 21-April 20).
He said the seized drugs included two tons of heroin, 18.5 tons of opium, 800 kilograms of hashish and 133 kilograms of morphine, and that a total of 18,599 people have been arrested for buying or selling drugs.
Iranian officials say they dismantled more than a hundred drug gangs during last month as the country tightens the noose around dealers and users 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.
