KERMAN – In an operation, codenamed Ashura-90, about 10 tons of illicit drugs and hundreds of small arms were seized in the provinces of Kerman, South Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan, and Hormozgan, National Police Chief Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqaddam announced on Wednesday. 

 

Many criminals were also arrested during the operation, Ahmadi-Moqaddam told reporters.   

 

He expressed hope that security would be promoted in the country through mounting such operations.