Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 12
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Police forces seized the heroin consignment which was embedded in a truck in the city of Iranshahr, YJC news agency reported Dec. 12.
Police arrested two people, including the truck driver, and efforts for arrest of other people linked to the consignment continue.
Iran is situated on a major drug route between Afghanistan and Europe, as well as the Persian Gulf states. The Islamic Republic shares about 900 kilometers of common border with Afghanistan, over which 74 percent of opium is smuggled.
The fight against drug trafficking annually costs Iran about $1 billion, according to the official estimates.
The statistics also say there are about two million drug users in Iran.