drug smuggling

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  • Police seize 580 tons of narcotics in a year 2024-04-23 15:13

    Police seize 580 tons of narcotics in a year

    TEHRAN – Iran anti-narcotics police have seized some 580 tons of narcotics in the past Iranian calendar year 1402 (March 2023 –March 2024).

  • Drug smuggling into Iran down by 15% in 4 years 2023-06-19 15:50

    Drug smuggling into Iran down by 15% in 4 years

    TEHRAN – The flow of narcotics into Iran has decreased by about 15 percent over the past four years, Eskandar Momeni, the secretary general of the Iranian anti-narcotics headquarters, has said.

  • Setareh Pesyani and Javad Ezzati act in a scene from “The Leather Jacket Man”. 2023-06-17 18:22

    “The Leather Jacket Man” hits German, Iranian silver screens concurrently

    TEHRAN – “The Leather Jacket Man”, a suspense drama about drug abuse by women in Iran, premiered in Germany last Wednesday concurrently with its general release in Iran.

  • IRGC Navy 2023-01-01 22:19

    Iran seizes 420 kg of drugs

    TEHRAN- Iran's IRGC Navy Force seized on Sunday a cargo of 420 kg of drugs off the coast of Chabahar.

  • $7.1m of smuggled goods seized nationwide 2022-07-30 20:22

    $7.1m of smuggled goods seized nationwide

    TEHRAN – Smuggled goods worth 2 trillion rials (nearly $7.1 million) have been confiscated across the country through the third stage of the plan to combat the smuggling of goods and currency, Jalal Amini, head of the anti-trafficking police, has said.

  • Drug trafficking gang disbanded in southeast 2022-04-16 19:00

    Drug trafficking gang disbanded in southeast

    TEHRAN – The anti-narcotics police have dismantled a drug trafficking gang in Mirjaveh county of Sistan-Baluchestan province, Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, Commander of the Border Police, has announced.

  • Anti-smuggling plan confiscates goods worth $4m 2022-01-21 17:36

    Anti-smuggling plan confiscates goods worth $4m

    TEHRAN – The 14th phase of the anti-smuggling national plan seized smuggled goods worth 1.1 trillion rials (nearly $4 million) across the country, police chief Mohammad Reza Moghimi, said on Friday.

  • $448m of smuggled goods seized within 9 months 2022-01-02 17:13

    $448m of smuggled goods seized within 9 months

    TEHRAN – Smuggled goods worth 123 trillion rials (nearly $448 million) have been confiscated across the country over the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2021), Jalal Amini, a police official, said on Sunday.

  • $309m of smuggled goods discovered nationwide 2021-11-02 17:38

    $309m of smuggled goods discovered nationwide

    TEHRAN – Smuggled goods worth 1.3 trillion rials (nearly $309 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) have been seized across the country over the past month, Mohammad Reza Moghimi, the police chief, said on Sunday.

  • اسکندر مومنی 2021-10-19 18:08

    ‘Azerbaijan should respect Iran’s drug control efforts’

    TEHRAN – The Iranian director of headquarters for the fight against narcotics, Eskandar Momeni, has urged Azerbaijani officials to respect the public opinion and its people and to see the position of Iran in the fight against narcotics trafficking.

  • Smuggled goods worth $47.5m discovered in a week 2021-09-19 16:54

    Smuggled goods worth $47.5m discovered in a week

    TEHRAN – Smuggled goods worth 2 trillion rials (nearly $47.5 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) have been seized across the country over the past week, through the ninth phase of a nationwide plan to fight against smuggling.