Iran’s Security Forces Kill 20 in Drug Gang
Iranian security forces killed more than 20 drug smugglers this week in a clash with a heavily armed gang in the border region of Sistan and Baluchistan in southeast Iran, Tehran Radio reported Friday.
More than a ton of opium extract was seized, as well as grenade launchers and other weapons, it said.
Iran has executed more than 500 traffickers this year in a campaign to halt the influx of drugs from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Some are sold to Iran’s estimated 1 million addicts, but most are shipped on to Europe through Turkey.
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