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Shafaq News- Maysan
Iraqi police dismantled an international criminal network
composed of three foreigners in Maysan, southeastern Iraq, accused of smuggling
and transporting crystal methamphetamine into Iraq, the General Directorate for
Narcotics Affairs announced on Tuesday.
Authorities arrested the suspects in the act and seized one
kilogram of meth in their possession.
On June 8, Iraqi security forces seized more than 10,000
narcotic pills and arrested a suspected drug trafficker in separate operations
in Al-Anbar province.
Smugglers recently turned to airborne balloons to move drugs
across Iraq’s borders, particularly along Syrian and Jordanian routes, to evade
direct contact with border patrols, Akram Al-Rashid, director of Al-Anbar’s
Anti-Narcotics Directorate, told Shafaq News in November 2025.
Read more: Iraq fights back against synthetic drug flood engulfing the Middle East