Cannabis seized

Published May 7, 2007

TEHRAN, May 6: Iranian police have seized a stash of almost eight tonnes of cannabis in a restive eastern province, the IRNA reported on Sunday.

Around 7,720kg of cannabis were confiscated from the smugglers’ hideout in the mountains around the town of Sarbaz, in the province of Sistan Baluchestan, a local police official told the agency.—AFP