© FNAThe Iranian intelligence ministry announced in a statement on Monday that the country's security forces have discovered and seized a large cargo of explosives along Iran's Eastern borders
The Iranian security forces in the Southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan could foil the plot of a terrorist groups to transfer 80kg of a combination of explosives, 17 pedal booby-traps, 28 pistols, 2,100 rounds, 35 mortars, tens of electronic detonators and other explosive equipment, the statement said.
A sum of 580kg of narcotics have also been seized from the terrorists, it added.
In a relevant development earlier this month,
Iranian border guards in Sistan and Balouchestan confiscated a consignment of explosives which were smuggled into the country in preparation for terrorist attacks.
"Our forces in Saravan region confiscated the cargo of explosives loaded on a Toyota pick-up car," Deputy Commander of Sistan and Balouchestan's Border Guards Intelligence Units Mohammad Molla-Shahi said.
He noted that the outlaws escaped and left the explosives following the border guards' ambush, and said that a Kalashnikov rifle concealed in the car's fuel tank was also seized.Molla-Shahi said that the outlaws who are on the run will be identified and arrested.
Sistan and Balouchestan Province borders Pakistan and Afghanistan and has a long coastline to the North of Oman Sea.
Comment: The Iranian Intelligence Ministry
said in a Monday statement that security forces in the eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan confiscated the consignment, which was due to be smuggled into the country.
The forces thwarted terrorist groups' plots to transfer 80 kilograms of composite explosives, 17 booby traps, 28 pistols with 2,100 bullets, 35 hand grenades, tens of electronic detonators and other explosive equipment through technical and intelligence operations, the statement added.
Police and security forces in Sistan and Balouchestan
have been quite successful in ensuring security despite its long borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, harsh weather and vast desert areas.
Iran, which has a 900-kilometer common border with Afghanistan, has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs to narcotics kingpins in Europe.
Despite high economic and human costs, the Islamic Republic has been actively fighting drug-trafficking over the past three decades.
The country has spent more than $700 million on sealing its borders and preventing the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and Central Asian countries.
The war on drug trade originating from Afghanistan has claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Iranian police officers over the past four decades.
About 10,000 militants, most of whom are Daesh members are currently in Afghanistan, commander of Russian Central Military District troops Lt. Gen. Alexander Lapin
said at a meeting with students and employees of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) on Monday.
"After the defeat of ISIL, members of gangs from Syria and Iraq are moving to other regions. The group's leaders pay special attention to Central Asian countries... According to our estimate, about 10,000 militants, most of whom are members of ISIL... are concentrated on Afghanistan's territory," Lapin said.
Comment: The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said in a Monday statement that security forces in the eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan confiscated the consignment, which was due to be smuggled into the country. Police and security forces in Sistan and Balouchestan have been quite successful in ensuring security despite its long borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, harsh weather and vast desert areas. About 10,000 militants, most of whom are Daesh members are currently in Afghanistan, commander of Russian Central Military District troops Lt. Gen. Alexander Lapin said at a meeting with students and employees of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) on Monday.