25 kg of drugs seized and two foreign dealers arrested in Iraqi territorial waters.

The General Directorate for Drug Affairs announced today, Thursday, the confiscation of 25 kg of drugs and the arrest of two foreign traffickers in Iraqi territorial waters.

The directorate stated in a statement that "in a proactive security move targeting maritime smuggling routes, the General Directorate for Drug Affairs, in cooperation with the Naval Forces Command and the Naval Intelligence Directorate, was able to carry out a precise intelligence operation in the territorial waters, resulting in the seizure of (25) kg of narcotics and the arrest of two foreign traffickers, while the search for a third suspect continues."

It added that "the operation came based on accurate intelligence information that revealed the ongoing exploitation by criminal networks of maritime routes to smuggle drug shipments into Iraq and neighboring countries, as the information was dealt with and the involved parties were pursued to thwart their plan."

It confirmed the continuation of its proactive operations to dry up the sources of this scourge, pursue trafficking and smuggling networks, and cut off avenues for attempts to use Iraqi land and waters as a passage for the drug trade.