{"id":276330,"date":"2026-09-03T08:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T08:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/276330\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T08:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T08:01:08","slug":"shafaq-news-narcotics-bust-nets-3kg-of-hallucinogens-in-iraqs-al-sulaymaniyah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/276330\/","title":{"rendered":"Shafaq News..Narcotics bust nets 3kg of hallucinogens in Iraq\u2019s Al-Sulaymaniyah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iraqi security forces arrested a suspected drug dealer and
\nseized three kilograms of narcotics in Al-Sulaymaniyah province, the Interior
\nMinistry\u2019s Directorate of Narcotics Control reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The seizure included 1 kg of magic mushrooms, commonly known
\nas \u201cshrooms,\u201d and 2 kg of marijuana. Kirkuk narcotics officers carried out the
\noperation in coordination with the Al-Sulaymaniyah Anti-Narcotics Directorate.<\/p>\n

In the first half of 2026, security forces dismantled<\/a> 378 such
\nnetworks, including 59 international groups, and confiscated more than 1,977
\nkilograms of narcotics, according to the Interior Ministry. During the same
\nperiod, Iraqi courts recorded 3,553 drug-related convictions, including 58
\ndeath sentences and 236 life terms.<\/p>\n

Read more: The Smuggler’s Almanac: Iraq’s war against narco-innovation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-09-03T07:39:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Al-Sulaymaniyah Iraqi security forces arrested a suspected drug…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[40934,75393,18408,94,7007,75392],"class_list":["post-276330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-al-sulaymaniyah","tag-drug-dealer-arrest","tag-drugs","tag-iraq","tag-kirkuk","tag-narcotics-bust-nets-3kg-of-hallucinogens-in-iraqs-al-sulaymaniyah"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117206062559379126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276330","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=276330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}