The Commander of Maritime Guards in Hormozgan Colonel Hossein Dehaki said on Sunday that border guards in Bandar Lengeh naval base managed to identify two smuggling bands following intelligence operations.
He added that they have successfully seized 1 vessel and 1 vehicle, in addition to the confiscation of 1 ton of opium.
The war on drug trade originating from Afghanistan has claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Iranian police officers over the past four decades while the country has spent more than $700 million on sealing its borders and preventing the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and Central Asian countries.
Despite high economic and human costs, the Islamic Republic has been actively fighting drug-trafficking over the past decades.
ZZ/4994013