The Intelligence Agency foiled an operation to smuggle 60,000 narcotic pills into Iraq through Anbar Governorate.
It said in a statement that its detachments in Anbar Governorate received accurate information about the intention of a group of drug traffickers to bring a large shipment of narcotic pills into Iraq through Anbar Governorate, where the narcotic materials will be hidden inside kitchen goods.
It added that a high-level work team of specialized officers was immediately formed, accompanied by a special force, and after obtaining judicial and legal approvals, and with a tight ambush, the vehicles and their drivers were seized. During the investigation, large quantities of narcotic pills were seized, amounting to (60,000) narcotic pills that were placed inside goods of cookers.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency