50 tons of drugs seized at Iranian borders in 9 months

TEHRAN, Jan. 10(MNA) – The commander of Iran’s National Border Police Hossein Zolfaqari said that Iranian border guards have seized over 50 tons of various types of illicit drugs over the last 9 months of the current Iranian year which started March 21, 2011. Zolfaqari went on to say that the amount of the seized drugs at the Iranian borders has increased by 18% over the first nine months of the current year compared with the same period last year.