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102574
Tue, 01/26/2010 - 02:35
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Increase in Iran's drugs seizures
TEHRAN, Jan.25 (MNA) -- The Iranian police have increased drug seizures, National Police Chief Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqaddam announced on Monday.
“Drug seizures at Iran’s airports have quadrupled,” Brigadier General Ahmadi-Moqaddam said in Tehran at a ceremony held to honor drug control agents.
He stated that Iran is a major transit route for drug smuggling from neighboring Afghanistan, which is the world’s largest producer of opium, and efforts to bring drug trafficking under control have not been very successful.
Despite all these problems, Iran now ranks as the world’s leading country in the campaign against illicit drugs and international organizations involved in the campaign have increased their cooperation with Iran, he noted.
Every day, approximately three tons of opium is seized in Iran, which amounts to almost 10 percent of Afghanistan’s opium production, he noted.
In Iran, addicts are now regarded as patients who need treatment, he added.
He went on to say that the Iranians who are arrested for drug possession in Saudi Arabia are just drug users, but the Saudi Arabians who are apprehended in Iran on drug charges are usually members of major drug rings, and Iran will deal with them through the legal system.
In addition, the Western powers are seeking to make Iranians, and especially the youth, dependent on drugs to destroy the dignity of the nation, he said.
“Drug seizures at Iran’s airports have quadrupled,” Brigadier General Ahmadi-Moqaddam said in Tehran at a ceremony held to honor drug control agents.
He stated that Iran is a major transit route for drug smuggling from neighboring Afghanistan, which is the world’s largest producer of opium, and efforts to bring drug trafficking under control have not been very successful.
Despite all these problems, Iran now ranks as the world’s leading country in the campaign against illicit drugs and international organizations involved in the campaign have increased their cooperation with Iran, he noted.
Every day, approximately three tons of opium is seized in Iran, which amounts to almost 10 percent of Afghanistan’s opium production, he noted.
In Iran, addicts are now regarded as patients who need treatment, he added.
He went on to say that the Iranians who are arrested for drug possession in Saudi Arabia are just drug users, but the Saudi Arabians who are apprehended in Iran on drug charges are usually members of major drug rings, and Iran will deal with them through the legal system.
In addition, the Western powers are seeking to make Iranians, and especially the youth, dependent on drugs to destroy the dignity of the nation, he said.
