Baghdad – IA – Wissam Al-Mulla
The Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday the toll of drugs and psychotropic substances since the beginning of the year.
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The Director General of the Department of Relations and Information at the Ministry of Interior, Major General Khaled Al-Muhanna, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “There are broad measures implemented by the Ministry to establish an international system to confront the drug threat through signed memorandums of understanding.”
He added, “The Ministry of Interior held a conference to combat drugs last year, 2023, and will hold another conference in the middle of this year, 2024, for international cooperation in confronting drugs,” noting that “drug trade is a cross-border crime and is a local and international trade.”
He pointed out that, “The Narcotics Control Directorate has achieved an increase in its seizure numbers and activities through international cooperation,” stressing, “More than 2 tons of narcotic substances and 10 tons of psychotropic substances have been seized since the beginning of this year until now.”
