TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Iranian police has arrested one of the most wanted international drug traffickers whose name was registered in the blacklists of the UN and Interpol, Iran's anti-drug police chief, Brigadier General Hamid-Reza Hossein-Abadi said here on Saturday.

The big, international drug trafficker called 'Jomeh Khan' used to smuggle 50 tons of narcotics to Iran every year and transite a part of these cargoes to regional countries, the Persian Gulf states and Turkey, chief of Iranian Anti-Drug Police stated.
""The drug trafficker kidnapped and martyred several Iranian police forces early last (Iranian) year,"" the general noted, adding, ""Then he escaped from his seat in Iran's southeastern region of Saravan and went to Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally to Dubai where he created a new center for his activities.""
Hossein-Abadi explained that for cutting a huge bargain, the trafficker had returned to Tehran with an alias and forged IDs, including a driving license and a military-service exemption card, ""but he got arrested because the police was monitoring all his activities,” he added.
According to the anti-drug police chief, Jomeh Khan has committed a wide range of crimes, including several cases of abduction and murder.
He said Jomeh Khan used to smuggle drugs from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Iran, where his armed men transited cargoes to regional and European countries.
The General also said that the police have so far seized 10 tons of opium and 400 kilos of morphine from Jomeh Khan's caravans.
Meanwhile, the police chief reported the arrest of another major drug trafficker called 'Abdul-Waset Balidi' in the last two months, saying that he has been involved in the smuggle and transit of large drug cargoes.
He said police has seized 14 tons of Hashish from Balidi and arrested 35 of his culprits in different Iranian provinces, adding that two of the arrestees are citizens of the Persian Gulf littoral states.
Drug addiction and transportation has been a serious social problem in Iran, a country sitting in the crossroad linking drug producing Afghanistan and Pakistan and markets in Persian Gulf states, central Asia, Western Europe and other regions.
Iran accounts for 80 percent of opium and 90 percent of morphine intercepted worldwide, according to the International Narcotics Control Board.
The Islamic Republic annually spends $5 billion on anti-drug programs, and over 3,100 policemen have lost their lives in conflict with drug smugglers over the past two decades.