Over 2,700 arrested on drug charges across Kurdistan Region in 2025: Spox

More than 1,500 of those arrested are suspected dealers or traffickers.

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Syria, Iraq arrest two suspected drug traffickers in joint operation

The suspects were caught in possession of 57 kilograms of hashish

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Iraq sentences three drug dealers to death

The suspects were caught in possession of 18 kilograms of hashish.

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Iraq arrests 21 suspected drug traffickers, seizes 50kg of narcotics

The directorate announced that their teams “managed over the past 72 hours, to seize 50 kilograms of various narcotic substances and arrest 21 international and local traffickers"

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Iraq, Saudi Arabia cooperate to arrest two major drug dealers

In February, the interior ministry vowed that 2025 would be a tough year for drug dealers, calling for stronger action at both national and international levels.

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Iraq destroys 340 kilograms of narcotics in Baghdad

Around 100,000 tramadol tablets were also burned in the operation.

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Over 3,000 drug suspects arrested, 2 tons of narcotics seized in 2025: Iraq

Of the 3,006 arrests made in the first three months of 2025, 973 were convicted on drug-related charges, according to the Iraqi Interior Ministry's General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances.

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Iraq arrests over 1,500 suspected drug-traffickers in 2025

Authorities have vowed even stronger crackdowns on the drug trade in the coming period

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Iraq says arrested three suspected drug-traffickers

Iraq, with its extensive borders with Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, has evolved from a transit route to a significant drug consumption market.

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