Turkish laboratories are processing Afghan opium into heroin for deliveries to Europe, the director of Russias Federal Narcotics Control Service said Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Earlier on Tuesday, Viktor Ivanov said that Russian and Afghan drug police confiscated more than 600 kilograms (over 1,300 pounds) of opium in the province of Baglan in December ...

Russia and Iran signed an agreement on the exchange of operational information on drug crops and drug laboratories and on conducting joint operations to find and intercept illegal drugs and those who traffic them. MOSCOW, December 8 (Sputnik) Russia and Iran onMonday adopted a joint plan tocounterillegal drug manufacture, smuggling and use overthe ...

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Iran's Minister of Interior stated that the production of drugs in Afghanistan saw a 17 percent increase this year due to US complicity. MOSCOW, December 8 (Sputnik) The production ofdrugs inAfghanistansaw a 17 percent increase this year due toUS complicity, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Iran's Minister ofInterior said onMonday....