1,200 kg of drugs seized in NE Iran

A Peugeot, which had been under observation for a while, ignored police order to stop and was chased and stopped, said Qader Karimi.

Karimi said that one of the thugs was killed in police shooting, two were arrested, and one ton of opium and 200 kg of hashish were discovered hidden in the car.

In the current Iranian year (starting on March 20, 2017), about 26 tons of drugs have been discovered in the province bodering Afghanistan.

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