In an operation in the coastal province of Hormozgan in southern Iran, the intelligence forces seized 1,660 kg of opium hidden in a truck carrying rice and arrested the smugglers.

In another operation in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, the intelligence agents have disbanded a drug ring after a 2-hour-long exchange of fire with the drug dealers.

One smuggler was killed and the other gang members were arrested in the operation, which resulted in the confiscation of 2.2 tons of opium, a heavy machine gun, an AK-47 rifle and ammunition.

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