Drug Trafficking Network
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Police bust 1.4 tons of narcotics in central Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – The police commander of Isfahan province announced that 1,400 kilograms of illicit drugs were busted during two separate operations in the last 24 hours by the anti-narcotics police.
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Drug trafficking band dismantled in S Iran
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – Sistan and Baluchestan Police Commander said that provincial anti-narcotics police in an operation managed to identify and dismantle an opium trafficking gang in Hirmand County in this southern province on Friday.
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Four soldiers killed in Colombia in Gulf Clan ambush
TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (MNA) – Four members of the Colombian Army were ambushed and killed by members of the Gulf Clan in north of the county, Gen. Juvenal Diaz Mateus, said.
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Death toll rises to 34 in clash between drug gangs in Mexico
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – The death toll rose to 34 from clashes erupted between drug gangs in northern Mexico, according to the La Jornada news site on Saturday.
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Intelligence min. disbands three drug-trafficking gangs in SE
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – The intelligence forces of the Ministry of Intelligence in southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in three separate operations, dismantled three major drug-trafficking gangs over the past two days.
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Intelligence forces dismantle intl. drug smuggling band in NW
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Iran’s Intelligence forces have identified and dismantled an international drug smuggling band in West Azarbaijan Province, northwest Iran.
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Police seize over 4 tons of narcotics in S Iran
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Dismantling a drug-smuggling band in Iranshahr, police forces of Sistan and Baluchestan have seized over 4 tons of illicit drugs in three separate operations in the past 72 hours.
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Iran, flagbearer in fight against narcotics in world: Gharibabadi
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iran’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, Kazem Gharibabadi said that Islamic Republic of Iran is forerunner and pioneer in the fight against narcotic drugs in the world.
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Iran accounts for 90% of global opium confiscation
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Commander of the Border Guard of the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NAJA) Second Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi said on Sat. that Iran accounts for 90% of global opium confiscation.
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US sanctions, politicization affecting intl. coop. in fight against drug trafficking: Lotfi
TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – Director-General of International Relations Office of Drug Control Headquarters of Iran said that the US sanctions, politicization, and selective approach have adversely affected the concept of international cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking.
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Iran ranks 1st in world for drug confiscation: official
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iran ranked first among world countries for confiscation of illegal drugs in the last Iranian year (starting 20 March 2019), according to an official.