The Police chief of Sistan and Baluchistan province, Second Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri made the announcement on Sunday noting that after intelligence operations, the anti-narcotics police dismantled a drug trafficking band who intended to transfer a drug cargo from Khash city of Sistan and Baluchistan to the central provinces of the country.
“In this operation, the anti-narcotic polices busted 2 tons and 155,700 kg of illicit drug including one ton and 542,700 kg of opium, 562 kg of hashish and 51 kg of glass,” he said adding that 5 smugglers were also arrested and handed to the Judiciary officials.
Iran, which has a 900-kilometer common border with Afghanistan, has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs to narcotics kingpins in Europe.
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