Iran: May 19, 2003

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 In the last week, police and soldiers have seized three tons of drugs on the Afghan border. In the year ending last March, such actions led to the death of 207 drug smugglers and thousands of arrests. Most of the drug smuggling operations are run by heavily armed Afghan gangs. Inside Iran, Iranian gangs distribute hundreds of tons of drugs a year to young Iranians. 

 

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