{"id":259408,"date":"2026-08-21T18:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/259408\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:15:08","slug":"shafaq-news-security-operation-nets-25-drug-traffickers-in-iraqs-maysan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/259408\/","title":{"rendered":"Shafaq News..Security operation nets 25+ drug traffickers in Iraq\u2019s Maysan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-08-21T17:57:14+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Maysan<\/p>\n<p>Iraqi security forces in Maysan have arrested 28 people and<br \/>\ndismantled eight drug distribution networks in a series of operations across<br \/>\nthe southern province in recent days, the Directorate of Narcotics Affairs said<br \/>\non Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects included a foreign national and a \u201chighly<br \/>\ndangerous\u201d Iraqi wanted in several other cases. Authorities also seized 7<br \/>\nkilograms of narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Iraq\u2019s Al-Anbar Directorate for Narcotics<br \/>\nAffairs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/Security\/50-member-drug-network-busted-in-Iraq-s-Al-Anbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">broke up<\/a> a 50-member drug trafficking network, seizing more than 2.5 kg<br \/>\nof crystal methamphetamine and about 15,000 narcotic pills.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2023, Baghdad has <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Security\/Iraq-seizes-16-8-tonnes-of-drugs-dismantles-trafficking-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">confiscated<\/a> 16.8 tons of narcotics,<br \/>\nsecured 380 death sentences and 150 life sentences, and issued 190<br \/>\ninternational arrest warrants in drug-related cases. Baghdad has also<br \/>\nestablished 16 rehabilitation centers for drug users, providing treatment to<br \/>\nabout 9,500 people, with more than 8,000 completing their rehabilitation programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-08-21T17:57:14+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Maysan Iraqi security forces in Maysan have arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[71357,71340,94,20935,71356],"class_list":["post-259408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-dismantle","tag-drug-raid","tag-iraq","tag-maysan","tag-security-operation-nets-25-drug-traffickers-in-iraqs-maysan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117134866786591505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}