3.5 tonnes of marijuana seized in Izeh after two armed clashes
Khuzestan police said anti-drug officers seized 3.5 tonnes of marijuana in mountainous Dehdz, Izeh, on 16 September 2025, arrested two traffickers after two armed clashes, and destroyed the load on site; Second Lieutenant Asghar Bandari Dali was killed by a gunshot to the head.
Khuzestan provincial police commander Brigadier Seyed Mahmoud Mirfeizi said Izeh
anti-drug officers learned traffickers were moving drugs through a mountainous area
of Dehdz county and put the suspects under surveillance.[1][2]On Tuesday 16
September 2025, provincial and Izeh anti-drug police carried out two operations
with armed clashes against what the force called “merchants of death”.[1][2]
Mirfeizi said officers seized3.5 tonnes of marijuana, known locally as “gol”, and
arrested two traffickers.[1][2]Second Lieutenant Asghar Bandari Dali, an Izeh
anti-drug officer, was shot in the head during the fighting and killed.[1][2]
The two detainees were handed to the judiciary after case files were opened, the
commander said.[1][2]Because the site was remote, roadless and unsuitable for
storage, and moving the volume was impractical, police destroyed the seized
marijuana on the spot after coordinating with the Izeh prosecutor, he added.[1][2]
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Provincial commander Brigadier Seyed Mahmoud Mirfeizi said the haul was found in a mountainous part of Dehdz county; no precise map point was published.
Police said efforts to arrest the band’s leader were continuing; no name or outcome was given for the two detainees.
After coordination with the Izeh prosecutor, the entire load was destroyed at the scene because the area had no roads and could not be used to store or move 3.5 tonnes; no separate destruction photos were released.
Iran's Drug Control Headquarters said more than 500,000 retailers, distributors and people connected to drug offences were arrested in the Iranian year 1404, which ended in March 2026. It said seizures rose about 3% from 1403 but gave no cannabis breakdown.
On 8 November 2025 police in Rey County, on the edge of Tehran, seized 570 kilograms of marijuana and arrested two people after intelligence work and a judicially coordinated raid in western Tehran Province. The commander called it the largest marijuana seizure of the Iranian year in his jurisdiction.
Iran executed six convicted drug traffickers whose charges included cannabis alongside methamphetamine and heroin, state media reported on 2 January 2024. Three other traffickers were hanged separately in Ardabil Province for heroin and opium.
Iranian police seized about 4.5 tonnes of hashish in two raids near the Afghan border, intercepting a truck carrying 3,200 kg at the Dogharun border region and raiding more than 1,345 kg at another border point in Sistan-Baluchestan. The IRNA agency report gave no date for the raids.