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    IRAN WARNS OF SHARP GROWTH OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IN REGION

    Fars News Agency, Iran
    May 2 2013

    TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Judiciary Spokesman and Prosecutor-General Gholam
    Hossein Mohseni Ejeii warned of the growing trend of drug trafficking
    in the region, and asked the regional states to take effective measures
    to fight the phenomenon.

    "The volume of drug trafficking has increased in the region,"
    Mohseni Ejeii said in a meeting with Armenian Prosecutor General
    Aqvan Hovsepyan in Yerevan on Wednesday.

    "It's necessary to launch effective measure to fight against it,"
    he added.

    In relevant remarks late 2012, Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa
    Mohammad Najjar called for exchange of intelligence among the regional
    countries in the war on drug-trafficking.

    "Strengthening the intelligence exchanging systems among
    the countries of the region is an activity that can result in
    restricting drug-trafficking networks," Mohammad Najjar, who is
    also Secretary-General of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Headquarters, said
    addressing the closing session of a regional conference on campaign
    against narcotics.

    He added that Iran has made "effective efforts" to strengthen and
    develop cooperation and coordination among countries to implement
    the agreed plans in the campaign against drug trafficking.

    Iran, located at the crossroad of international drug smuggling from
    Afghanistan to Europe leads international efforts in fighting drug
    networks and narcotic traffickers.

    The Iranian police measures along the country's Eastern borders
    have forced drug-traffickers to resort to other routes, including
    the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf, to smuggle their drug cargos
    which originate in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

    According to the statistical figures released by the UN, Iran ranks
    first among the world countries in preventing entry of drugs and
    decreasing demand for narcotics.

    The anti-drug squads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police have
    intensified their countrywide campaign against drug-trafficking
    through staging long-term systematic operations since last two years.

    http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107166542




    From: A. Papazian
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