Several tons of drugs seized in Iran

Iran's police squads have discovered and seized over 5 tons of different types of drugs in the country's Northern province of Alborz since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 2011), a provincial police commander said, Fars reported.

Commander of Alborz and Tehran's Law Enforcement Police Alireza Akbar-Shahi said on Tuesday that 5,180kg of drugs have been discovered throughout the province during the last 9 months after police intensified war on drug traffickers and tightened control over transit routes.

Akbar-Shahi added that police forces also disbanded 15 drug rings involved in drug trafficking activities in Alborz and other provinces. He added that police have arrested 6,918 individuals for drug related crimes in this period.


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