Iraq says it dismantled 1,201 drug networks in three years
The interior ministry said security forces broke up 1,201 trafficking and dealing networks, including 171 international ones, and seized 14 tonnes of narcotics in the three years to November 2025. It counted 23,118 court judgments in drug cases, among them 300 death sentences and 1,147 life sentences, and said 6,022 people had recovered from addiction while 1,228 were in treatment at 16 centres.
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The interior ministry said security forces broke up 1,201 trafficking and dealing networks, including 171 international ones, and seized 14 tonnes of narcotics in the three years to November 2025. It counted 23,118 court judgments in drug cases, among them 300 death sentences and 1,147 life sentences, and said 6,022 people had recovered from addiction while 1,228 were in treatment at 16 centres. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone.[1]
Sources
- «الداخلية تعلن تفكيك 1201 شبكة مخدرات بينها 171 دولية في ثلاث سنوات» (25 November 2025). Iraqi News Agency (INA). Interior Ministry spokesman Abbas al-Bahadli; figures for networks, seizures, judgments and treatment.