drug trafficking
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Iran police seize 500 kg of illicit drugs in Zahedan
Zahedan, IRNA – Iran’s police forces have seized 500 kilograms of narcotics in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province.
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'West would face profound drug problem without Iran’s sacrifices'
Tehran, IRNA - The head of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Police has underscored the urgent need for enhanced regional cooperation to eradicate drug trafficking, saying European countries would face significant challenges without Iran’s sacrifices in the fight against illicit drugs.
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Police seize large meth haul in Iranian capital
Tehran, IRNA – Police in the Iranian capital Tehran have announced that they have dismantled a drug trafficking gang, seizing a large haul of methamphetamine and liquid meth from them.
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Destruction of Five Tons of Drugs
The ceremony for destruction of 5 tons of narcotics was held before noon on Monday (June 24, 2024) in the presence of the secretary of Khorasan Razavi Anti-Narcotics Coordination Council in Mashhad.
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Iranian police seizes large haul of narcotics in southeast
Tehran, IRNA — Over one metric ton (mt) of narcotics has been seized in southeast Iran, according to the Border Guards Commander General Ahmad Ali Goodarzi.
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Illegal drug trafficking network busted in Kerman
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian law enforcement officers have arrested members of a drug trafficking network in the southeastern province of Kerman, seizing 290 kilograms of opium and 145 kilograms of cannabis.
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Europe would have been hit by drugs without Iran's efforts: Raisi
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the Islamic Republic has been the front runner in the fight against drug trafficking and smuggling, so if the country had not made such relentless efforts, the entire Europe would have been hit by drug trafficking.
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Iranian police seizes over 1 mt of narcotics in southeast
Tehran, IRNA — A large haul of narcotics has been seized in southeast Iran, according to the country’s Border Guards Commander General Ahmad Ali Goodarzi has said.
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Iran arrests country's biggest drug trafficker
Tehran, IRNA – Head of the Anti-Narcotic Police (ANP) of the Islamic Republic of Iran Brigadier General Iraj Kakavand has announced the arrest of the country's biggest drug trafficker identified as Abdol-Hadi Barahouei.
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Over 1.2 mt of opium seized in southeast Iran
Zahedan, IRNA - The police commander of Sistan and Baluchistan province in southeast Iran says that the force has seized some 1,240,000 kilograms of opium in Golshan city in the province.
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Anti-narcotics police bust ‘Scorpion’ gang in Tehran
Tehran, IRNA - Iran’s anti-narcotics police chief has announced the dismantling of a notorious illicit drug distribution network known as the “Scorpion” operating through cyberspace in Tehran.
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Over 450 tons of narcotics seized by Iran in 9 months
Bushehr, IRNA – More than 470 tons of narcotics were seized by Iran in the first nine months of the current calendar year, Iran anti-narcotics police chief, Brigadier General Iraj Kakavand, has said.
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Many states indebted to Iran for combating drug trafficking: Cmdr.
Tehran, IRNA - Iran's Border Police Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi has emphasized that many nations around the globe are indebted to Iran thanks to its efforts in combating drug trafficking.
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'Iran accounts for 92% of world opium seizure'
Zahedan, IRNA - The secretary general of Iran Headquarters for Campaign against Drug Trafficking Eskandar Momeni stressed that trade is one of the most profitable businesses in the world, adding that about 92% of the world's opium discoveries are related to Iran.
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Iran police seize 6 tons of drugs; 17 smugglers nabbed
Zahedan, IRNA – Iranian border guards have intercepted a massive drug shipment weighing six tons and apprehended 17 smugglers along Iran’s southeastern borders.
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Bahá'í family involved in medicine-related offenses arrested
Tehran, IRNA - The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has announced the dismantling of a corrupt Bahá'í family network involved in medicine-related offenses.
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Iran police dismantle 2 drug smuggling gangs
Zahedan, IRNA – The local police of the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan in the southeast of the country dismantled two drug smuggling gangs and seized more than one thousand kilograms of various types of narcotics.
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Iran customs office seizes 5 mt of narcotics in year to March
Tehran, IRNA - The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) has announced that its narcotics seizures amounted to containing 5.337 metric tons (mt) in the past Iranian calendar year (ending March 20, 2023).
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Iran, Pakistan call for effective cooperation on anti-narcotics fight
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Secretary General of Drug Control Headquarters Eskandar Momeni and Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Narcotics Control Nawabzada Shazain Bugti have called for effective cooperation between the two countries in their fight against drug trafficking.
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Afghanistan, Iran call for expanding fight against drug trafficking
Tehran, IRNA – Caretaker of the Defense Ministry of Taliban in Afghanistan and Iran’s deputy ambassador have underlined the need for the expansion of cooperation in security affairs and the fight against drug trafficking.
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Iran dismantles int’l drug trafficking network
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Ministry of Intelligence said on Sunday that it has dismantled a major international drug trafficking network, which operated using foreign nationals and distributed some 300 to 400 kilograms of drugs in Iran every day.
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Iran calls for lifting of sanctions as a means of efficient fight against drug trafficking
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based International Organizations Mohammad Reza Ghaebi said on Wednesday that the continuation of Iran’s role in the fight against drug trafficking requires the lifting of unilateral sanctions against the country.
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Official: Sanctions disrupt Iran’s relentless campaign against int’l drug cartels
London, IRNA – Secretary General of Iran Headquarters for Campaign against Drug Trafficking said that unjust anti-Iran sanctions, politicizing atmosphere of international cooperation, and disrupting Iran’s incessant campaign against international narcotic drug networks equal breaching international laws, human rights, and UN resolutions.
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Iran calls on eastern neighbors to fulfill commitments in fight against drug trafficking
Tehran, IRNA –Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a senior military advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said on Saturday that Iran is in the frontline of the global fight against drug trafficking, and urged the country's eastern neighbors to fulfill their duties in this fight.
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Iran denounces silence of int'l bodies to martyrdom of Iranian police officers
Tehran, IRNA – Iran's Deputy Judiciary Chief for International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi on Saturday criticized the inaction and silence of international bodies to the martyrdom of Iranian police officers while fighting the traffickers, terrorists, and outlaws.
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COVID-19 vaccine trafficking bands dismantled in Iran
Tehran, IRNA - Iran's Ministry of Intelligence on Wednesday announced the identification and arrest of the members of the several networks of smuggling and fraud in the field of illegal purchase, sale, and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Iran at forefront of fight against illicit drug trafficking: Embassy
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian embassy in Austria said on Sunday that Iran is at the forefront of the fight against illicit drug trafficking, which mainly enters Europe.
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Investing in balanced prevention and control of drug use saves lives: UN Chief
Tehran, IRNA — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, June 26, 2021, said that investing in balanced prevention, as well as control of drug use and drug use disorders, produces solid returns -- saved lives, healthier populations, improved workforce participation and productivity, and reduced criminal justice costs.
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Intelligence Ministry dismantles int’l drug trafficking team
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Ministry of Intelligence said on Wednesday it has dismantled a major international drug trafficking team.
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Iran’s border guards overhaul one ton illicit drugs
Tehran, April 18, IRNA – Border commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police (NAJA) said on Sunday that Iranian border guards overhauled more than one ton illicit drugs in Sistan-Baluchestan province.