Shafaq News-Baghdad
Iraqi authoritiesdismantled 378 drug trafficking networks during the first half of 2026,including 59 international groups, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
In a statement,the ministry’s General Directorate for Narcotics and Psychotropic SubstancesAffairs noted that it launched 17 operations outside Iraq and coordinated withinternational partners through five information-sharing points. It also seized1,977 kilograms and 522 grams of various narcotic substances
Security forceskilled three drug traffickers and wounded 21 others. The directorate reportedthat one of its personnel was killed and 26 others were wounded during the sameperiod.
3,553 people wereconvicted in drug-related cases, including 58 death sentences and 236 lifesentences.
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