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Sat, 07/30/2011 - 15:11
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Iran's War on Narcotics: Police Seize Large Cargos of Narcotics in Southern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Law Enforcement Police squads have seized over half a ton of different types of narcotics in the country's Southern province of Fars during the last 7 days, a provincial police commander announced on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters, Lieutenant Commander of Fars Province Law Enforcement Forces Sirous Sajjadian said that the police have seized 575kg of different types of illicit drugs in several operations throughout the province in seven days.
He added that a cargo containing 240.8kg of opium was seized near the town of Larestan from a truck moving from Iran's Southern port city of Bandar Abbas to Shiraz, the provincial capital city of Fars.
Sajjadian said a total volume of 127kg of narcotics were discovered and seized in several checkpoint operations throughout the province.
He stated that 208 kg of opium was also discovered in police operations against drug traffickers in Darab and Passargad.
In June, Sajjadian had announced that police forces have discovered and seized over three tons of different types of narcotics in their war on drugs in the province during the first three months of the current Iranian year (started on March 21).
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 police measures along the Eastern borders have forced drug-traffickers to resort to other routes, including the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf, for smuggling their drug cargos which originate in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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.
Speaking to reporters, Lieutenant Commander of Fars Province Law Enforcement Forces Sirous Sajjadian said that the police have seized 575kg of different types of illicit drugs in several operations throughout the province in seven days.
He added that a cargo containing 240.8kg of opium was seized near the town of Larestan from a truck moving from Iran's Southern port city of Bandar Abbas to Shiraz, the provincial capital city of Fars.
Sajjadian said a total volume of 127kg of narcotics were discovered and seized in several checkpoint operations throughout the province.
He stated that 208 kg of opium was also discovered in police operations against drug traffickers in Darab and Passargad.
In June, Sajjadian had announced that police forces have discovered and seized over three tons of different types of narcotics in their war on drugs in the province during the first three months of the current Iranian year (started on March 21).
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 police measures along the Eastern borders have forced drug-traffickers to resort to other routes, including the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf, for smuggling their drug cargos which originate in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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.
