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I thought I'd make a thread to keep all the news related to the war on drugs in one place. Post anything you have related to Iran's war on drugs here.

So now the Western drug addicts will be demonstrating against Iran too. 

Police Seize 4 Tons of Drugs in Southeastern Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's law enforcement police squads have seized over 4 tons of illicit drugs in the city of Saravan in the country's southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan during the last month, a provincial police commander announced on Monday.

"Month-long efforts by Saravan law enforcement police forces to stop trafficking of narcotics to Iran and clean the city from drug dealers have led to the discovery of 4,093 kg of different types of traditional and industrial drugs," Saravan's Police Chief Mohammad Ali Kazzemi told reporters.

The commander added that the police have arrested 7 major drug traffickers during the period and handed them to the judiciary authorities.

The anti-drug squads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police have intensified their countrywide campaign against drug-trafficking through staging long-term systematic operations in recent months.

Iran lies on a major drug route between Afghanistan and Europe, as well as the Persian Gulf states. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian police have lost more than 3500 of their personnel in the country's combat against narcotics.

During the past Iranian year (ended on March 20,) Iran seized more than 1,000 tons of opium smuggled from Afghanistan, the largest producer of opium poppy in the world.

According to official estimates, Iran's battle against drugs cost the country around $1 billion annually. Strategies pursued by Tehran include digging canals, building barriers and installing barbed wire to seal the country's borders, specially in the East.

Iran has also established a central database and strengthened police-judiciary cooperation in a new effort to combat organized crime.

Sistan and Balouchestan province, where Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan come together, has porous borders, where bandits and drug traffickers operate despite frequent entanglements and intense efforts of the Iranian law enforcement police.

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Police Disband 2 Drug Gangs in Western Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's law enforcement police squads disbanded two major rings involved in drug-trafficking activities in two days of operations in the country's western province of Lorestan, a provincial police chief announced on Sunday.

"Two drug rings have been disbanded in Lorestan during the past 48 hours," Commander of Lorestan's Law Enforcement Police General Hossein Rahimi told FNA.

He added that the anti-narcotic police squads of Lorestan province also discovered and seized 157 kg of different types of illicit drugs from the two rings.

"Seven people were arrested in this regard and handed to the judiciary authorities," Rahimi added.

He added that 157 kg of opium was seized from the first gang of traffickers while 129 heroin packages together with 1.570 kg of Crack were discovered and taken from the second band.

Iran leads international efforts in fighting drug networks and narcotic traffickers.

According to the statistical figures released by the UN, Iran ranks first among the world countries in preventing entry of drugs and decreasing demand for narcotics.

The United Nations credits Iran with the seizure of 80 percent of the opium netted around the world.

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22,500 KG of OPIUM???!!! thats alot!! my god!

Do they make morphine out of it or burn it?

Spokesman Raps West's Attitude towards Campaign against Drugs

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast on Tuesday lambasted the western world for its lack of action in the campaign against drug-trafficking.

"We are not witnessing a will in the Americans, Britons and those states which have a serious presence in Afghanistan for a fight against narcotic drugs," Mehman-Parast told reporters in his weekly press conference here in Tehran today.

The spokesman said production of narcotics has soared to 9,000 tons from only 200 tons in recent years, and stressed that the hike in drug plantation and production proves the lack of serious resolve in the western states.

He blamed the occupying forces for the hike in drug production in Iran's neighboring states, and stated, "The occupying countries (in Afghanistan) support the spread of narcotics as a means to materialize their goal which is the spread of extremism, and they have, thus, given it (such support for the spread of narcotics) a special position (in their policies)."

Mehman-Parast further recalled Iran's continued efforts in the campaign against drug-trafficking, and added, "We have been very serious about fighting illicit drugs, sustained significant costs and lost many personnel on this path."

Each year, the Iranian government spends hundreds of millions of dollars erecting barriers along the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan and pumping resources into checkpoints. Officials said the battle against drug addiction and trafficking costs Iran US$1 billion a year.

According to the UNODC, these days, 93 percent of the world's opium is produced in the neighboring Afghanistan, 60 per cent of which is destined for the EU and specially US markets, and the main transit route is Iran, where the country's dedicated police squad risk their lives to make the most discoveries of drug cargoes, disband drug-trafficking gangs and organizations and much more in a bid to rescue not only the Iranian youth but also all those who live in Europe and the US.

Over the past five years, Iran has contributed more than $50 million annually to Afghan anti-narcotics efforts.

Tehran has always complained about the EU and other international bodies' lack of serious cooperation with Iran in the campaign against drug trafficking from Afghanistan.

The Iranian police officials maintain that drug production in Afghanistan has undergone a 40-fold increase since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.

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Police Disband 76 Drug Gangs in Semnan Province

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's law enforcement police forces disbanded 76 drug-gangs and arrested 2,700 drug traffickers and dealers in the northern province of Semnan during the current Iranian year (ending on March 20), a provincial police chief announced on Monday.

Speaking to reporters in the city of Semnan, Commander of the Semnan province's Law Enforcement Police Brigadier General Qasem Nasseri reiterated that his forces also discovered and seized approximately two tons of drugs in the province during the said period.

"The discovered drugs included 1.7 tons of opium, 187 kg of heroin, 121 kg of hashish and 18 kg of other types of narcotics," Nasseri added.

He also mentioned his anti-drug squads disbanded 76 drug trafficking gangs and arrested 2,700 traffickers and dealers during the current Iranian year.

Iran lies on a transit corridor between opium producing Afghanistan and drug dealers in Europe.

The Islamic Republic has emerged as the leading country fighting drug-trafficking after making 85 percent of the world's total opium seizures.

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has lost more than 3,300 of its security forces in its war against drug smuggling.

Over the past five years, it has contributed more than $50 million annually to Afghan anti-narcotics efforts.

The Iranian police officials maintain that drug production in Afghanistan has undergone a 40-fold increase since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.

While Afghanistan produced only 185 tons of opium per year under the Taliban, according to UN statistics, since the US-led invasion, drug production has surged to 3,400 tons annually. In 2007, the opium trade reached an estimated all-time production high of 8,200 tons.

Afghan and Western officials blame Washington and NATO for the change, saying the allies have "overlooked" the drug problem for the seven years since the invasion of the country.

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my God... this news really upsets me.... 1 billion dollars annually!!! thats just too much to stomach! God bless the Islamic Republic of Iran!

RIP!

wow, you would think that with all these humongous drug busts that it would shut down the drug trafficking in Iran, especially knowing what the penalty by sharia law if your found using and selling drugs, and the amount of it wow.

Police Seize 1.5 Tons of Drugs in Eastern Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's law enforcement police squads seized large amounts of illicit drugs in several operations in Iran's eastern province of Southern Khorassan in the last week.

A statement issued by the provincial law enforcement headquarters said that the police squads discovered and seized 303 kg of opium and 85 kg of hashish from a passenger car heading for Qaein from the provincial capital city of Birjand.

In another operation, the police forces seized 707 kg of opium form another passenger car, and 6.4 kg of opium as well as 0.6 kg of hashish from a bus, the statement added.

The police forces also seized 12.6 kg of opium from another passenger car heading for Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad in the neighboring province of Khorassan Razavi.

The police report said that other discoveries included 71 kg of opium , 45 kg of Crack and another 3.2 kg of Crack from three different vehicles all heading for Mashhad from the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.

While Crack is known as a narcotic crystalline form of Cocaine in the other countries, in US and Europe in particular, in Iran it is a Heroin-based drug made of highly (17 times) condensed Heroin. Police believe that the Iranian formula has been designed to encourage addicts with cheap prices, considering that Cocaine is scarce and too expensive in Iran, while Heroin, which is produced in tons in the neighboring Afghanistan is abundant in supply all throughout the region.

The bordering Sistan and Balouchestan province is notorious for frequent drug trafficking activities and clashes with Iran's law enforcement police.

In relevant development, Birjand's police squads seized another 50.4 kg of opium from a bus heading for Iran's northern city of Gorgan.

Darmian's anti-drug squad also seized 145 kg of condensed heroin from a van.

Police squads in Sarayan, too, seized 7.5 kg of opium as well as 7.25 kg of hashish from a passenger car.

According to the statistical figures released by the UN, Iran ranks first among the world countries in preventing entry of drugs and decreasing demand for narcotics.

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