Iranian police seizes two tons of drugs, clashes with dealers on border
Iranian border police discovered two tons of drugs this morning
while several people tried to cross the Afghanistan-Iran border in
Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province, Mehr news agency reported.
According to the report, Iranian police confronted the drug
dealers, and following a shootout, the dealers were forced to flee
to Afghanistan.
Deputy head of Iran's border police, General Ahmad Garavand, said
the amount of seized drugs in the last two weeks is four times more
than that reported during the same period of the last solar
year.
Speaking of the smuggled fuel, Garavand said the amount of seized
fuel increased by 113 percent compared to the same period of last
year.
On March 31, Iranian Parliament's Foreign Policy and National
Security spokesman Esmail Kowsari told the country's Young
Journalists Club website that fuel smuggling from Iran to
neighboring countries has risen to 10 million liters per day since
last year, while around 3000-4000 automobiles are used for
smuggling.
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!