BIRJAND Deputy for the Politico-Ideological Bureau of the strategic Salman Law Enforcement station said Friday some 19 bandits/smugglers were killed or wounded during anti-trafficking operations in the region.
Speaking to IRNA reporter, Hojjatoleslam Gholamheidar Heidari stated that the forces of the Salman station conducted operations in Torbat-e Jaam, Torbat Heidarieh and Gazik over the two past days in which at least 9 traffickers were killed and 10 others wounded.
A defamed trafficking gang named "Seido Korkori" which had a lengthy criminal background was busted as a result of the conducted operations, he said, adding that two bandits had managed to escape into the nearby towns.