TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces in the southern province of Bushehr have managed to seize more than 1,200 kilograms of opium in two separate operations in the province, the provincial police chief announced.

Speaking to reporters in Bushehr on Saturday, Brigadier General Khalil Vaezi highlighted his forces’ intelligence dominance over drug traffickers and said their activities are monitored on a round-the-clock basis in such a way that the province is not safe for them.

He further said that in two separate operations in the port cities of Kangan and Asalouyeh recently, a total of 1,221 kilograms of opium was sized from drug gangs and members of the gangs were arrested.

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