Basra court sentences trafficker with 2 kg of opium to death
2025-12-15T15:03:43+00:00
Shafaq News – Basra
An Iraqi court on Monday handed down a death sentence to a man after convicting him of large-scale narcotics trafficking.
According to a statement from the Basra Criminal Court, security forces in the province arrested the defendant in possession of two kilograms of opium prepared for sale.
Iraq is increasingly becoming both a consumer market and a key transit corridor for regional drug smuggling. By the end of 2024, the Interior Ministry had dismantled 600 domestic and international trafficking networks and referred their members to the judiciary.
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