{"id":4154,"date":"2020-12-06T16:10:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T17:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/?p=4154"},"modified":"2020-12-06T16:10:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T17:10:54","slug":"iran-busts-intl-drug-arms-smuggling-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iran-busts-intl-drug-arms-smuggling-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Busts Int\u2019l Drug, Arms Smuggling Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Intelligence Ministry says its forces have broken up an international weapons, ammunition and narcotics smuggling network in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence agents identified and apprehended key members of the smuggling ring led by two foreign nationals inside the country.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests were made in two operations where the ammo and drug smuggling ring\u2019s kingpin and 3 key members were arrested and some 520 kilogrammes of heroin were seized.<\/p>\n<p>Large depots of arms and munitions were also discovered in provincial border villages and more than 500 different types of handguns, assault rifles and hunting guns as well as a considerable amount of ammunition were confiscated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Intelligence Ministry says its forces have broken up an international weapons, ammunition and narcotics smuggling network in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan. 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