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| Iran |
| Police seize 155 kg of heroin in southeastern province |
| 2003-04-06 |
| An official in Sistan-Baluchestan police organization Ali reza Sayyed Abolhosseini said here Saturday that over 155 kg of heroin have been seized in the 'Saravan' area. He told IRNA that the police working on a tip-off, seized the drug haul on motorcycles entering Iran form the Pakistani border. He added that large amounts of ammunition were also seized from the smugglers. Hitting two of Pakistan's main exports: drugs and thugs... Iran lies on an international drugs trade route, which originates from Afghanistan and Pakistan and stretches as far as the Persian Gulf Arab states, Europe and beyond. More than 4,000 members of Iranian armed forces have been killed in cross-border clashes with drug traffickers during the civil disorder in neighboring Afghanistan in the past 20 years. According to official estimates, Iran's anti-drug campaign costs the country $800 million each year. Iran accounts for 80 percent of the opium and 90 percent of the morphine intercepted worldwide, according to the International Narcotics Control Board. Meaning Pakistan and Afghanistan account for its points of origin. Burma must be so jealous... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |