Rey police seize 570 kg of marijuana in western Tehran Province
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.
Colonel Hossein Mafi, commander of Rey County police, told reporters on 17 Aban 1404 (8 November
2025) that officers had received information about the transfer and storage of a large quantity of
drugs in western Tehran Province.[1][2]
Anti-narcotics police verified the tip, coordinated with the judiciary and raided the location in a
surprise operation.[1][2]They seized570 kilograms of marijuana and arrested two traffickers.[1][2]
Mafi said the case was the largest marijuana seizure recorded so far in the current Iranian year
within his command area, and credited continuous intelligence work and public cooperation with
police.[1][2]
Case data
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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.
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.
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.