The General Directorate of Counter-Narcotics in the Kurdistan Region’s Asayish announced on Monday the arrest of two suspected drug traffickers in Sulaymaniyah Province.
In a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the directorate said the operation took place on the afternoon of August 5, 2025, following prior intelligence gathering and close surveillance, and was carried out under an order from the investigative judge in Sulaymaniyah Asayish.
The forces seized 19 kilograms of an opium-type narcotic substance, which the suspects had allegedly planned to smuggle out of the Kurdistan Region through an intermediary trafficker.
According to the statement, the two suspects were detained under Article 25 of the Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law, and investigations into their cases are still ongoing.
Source: Iraqi News Agency (INA)
