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Chief of Sistan and Baluchestan Border Guards Second Brigadier General Mohammad Mollashahi made the announcement on Monday, saying that 410 kilograms of opium have been seized from the smugglers in Saravan. Some five vehicles as well as a cache of arms have been confiscated during the operation, he underlined. The …

Ghanbari said on Tuesday that police forces of Iranshahr County, in collaboration with anti-narcotics police forces of Sistan and Balouchestan province, identified a smuggling gang that was trying to transfer opioid consignment from the border areas to the central parts of Iran. He added that following an armed clash between …

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said it had seized nearly 30 tonnes of the mildly narcotic shrub khat this month, as part of a larger drug crackdown by the oil-rich kingdom. Khat, or qat, is a leaf which is packed into the cheek and slowly chewed, releasing chemicals similar to amphetamines …

Over the aforementioned period, 482.254 tons of various narcotics were discovered, most of which was opium, followed by heroin, morphine, methamphetamine, and hashish, he stated. Noting that the reason for the decrease in drug discovery is the control measures at the borders and the decrease in the production of drugs …

Border guards of Sistan and Baluchistan province were informed about the activity of some drug smugglers who were planning to transfer significant amounts of opiates into the country, said Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi.   The border guards were also able to identify one of the opiate drug smuggling ringleaders …

Abdolreza Nazeri, Police commander of Kerman said that 1957 kg of narcotics have been confiscated from smugglers in the province. Some two defendants have been detained in this regard, he said, adding that a car has also been confiscated from the smugglers. Despite high economic and human costs, the Islamic …

Commander of the province’s Police Brigadier General Mohammad Qanbari said his forces have smashed two drug rings in the cities of Iranshahr and Khash. He said nine drug smugglers have been arrested in the operation, a considerable amount of arms and ammunition has been confiscated, and 3,000 kilograms of narcotics have been …

Police in the UAE, in cooperation with Europol, have dismantled a “super-cartel” operating in Dubai, believed to have controlled one-third of Europe’s cocaine supply. According to Europol, 49 people from several countries were arrested, including six “high-value targets” in Dubai, as part of a police operation dubbed “Desert Light”. Co-ordinated, …

Second Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri said on Sunday that the police forces in the southeastern province could identify an armed drug-trafficking gang in the province who were trying to transfer a big shipment of illicit drugs from Chabahar County into the central parts of the country. During the operation, 3 smugglers were arrested and 1.193 …

Rahimi added that 4 large industrial drug production laboratories were identified and dismantled in the city. 4.2 tons of different kinds of narcotics, including opium, hashish, crystal, and marijuana were confiscated during the Police operation, according to Rahimi. 16 major gangs importing drugs to the Iranian capital have been also …