Asayish Directorate in Soran, in the north of Erbil governorate, on Wednesday, announced the arrest of two people on charges of drug trafficking and the seizure of 10 kilograms of drugs in their possession.
The directorate said in a statement today that it seized 10 kilograms of drugs near the village of Barmeza, within the borders of the "Bradost" district, with the arrest of two accused in the same place, indicating that the accused were referred to the judiciary.
It is noteworthy that the authorities in the Kurdistan region annually seize hundreds of kilograms of drugs of various kinds, and the officials specialized in combating this scourge in the region declare that these materials enter through neighboring countries in an attempt to smuggle them to countries of the world.