BAGHDAD, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Interior Ministry said on Sunday that the country's security forces have dismantled a drug trafficking network and seized 183 kg of drugs in the capital Baghdad.

According to the ministry, the General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Affairs carried out an operation, arresting 21 individuals and seizing 183 kg of marijuana and other narcotic substances brought from outside the country.

Last year, over 6 tonnes of drugs were seized and 14,438 suspects involved in drug crimes were arrested in 2024, the ministry said in late December.

The chaos and conflicts in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003 have impeded successive Iraqi governments from effectively addressing the threat of drugs.

In May 2023, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani underlined the importance of waging "a war on drugs," saying that drug dealing remains a major source of funding for terrorism and that the circulation of drugs flourishes in the shadow of terrorism. Enditem

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