Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Iran

Iran Burns 60 Tons Of Narcotics

Sixty tons of narcotics go up in flames in Tehran (epa)

June 26, 2006 -- Police in Tehran have set ablaze 60 tons of illicit drugs. The bulk of the drugs were opium and morphine.

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June 26, 2006

The country's police chief, General Ismail Ahmadi-Moqaddam, said nearly 300 tons of drugs had been confiscated and more than 370 traffickers arrested between March 2005 and March 2006.

Iran is a key transit country for drugs en route from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Europe.

(dpa)

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