Iran Sets Fire to 54 Tons of Narcotics

by lucknawab | June 29, 2009 at 05:25 am

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While reading news of "Iran Sets Fire to 54 Tons of Narcotics on International Anti-Drugs Day" i was thinkg how many countries in this world do this? World is fighting with Iran Sets Fire to 54 Tons of Narcotics abuse on paper more and in practical less but iran's this step confirms they are fighting on ground also.

Iran's anti-drugs police forces burnt 54 tons of narcotics in special ceremonies held throughout the country to mark the International Anti-Drugs Day.

A total of 54 tons of drugs were burnt all over the country to mark the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking," Iran's anti-drug police chief General Hamid Reza Hossein Abadi said on Sunday.

"20 tons of various kinds of illicit drugs were also burnt at the Olympic Hotel in Iran's capital in the presence of the country's top officials," the commander added.

Hossein Abadi underlined that his forces were able to seize 1000 tons of illegal drugs being smuggled through different parts of the country last year.

Iran's geographical position lies at the crossroads of drug smuggling from Afghanistan to the West. The country leads international efforts in fighting illicit drug trafficking, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.