Local
Within the framework of ongoing efforts to combat the dangerous scourge and protect society, Basra Governorate witnessed a qualitative operation during which huge quantities of contraband were disposed of. In this context, the Head of the Committee for the Destruction of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Judge Osama Dakhil, explained on Monday that the committee proceeded to destroy nearly eighty-five kilograms of various narcotic substances that had been previously seized and preserved procedurally in the Forensic Medicine Department of the governorate's health department. Official data issued by the Supreme Judicial Council indicated that the operation took place in direct coordination with the Ministry of Health and relevant authorities, as the procedures included destroying eighty-four kilograms, three hundred and thirty-eight grams, and five hundred and twenty milligrams of those prohibited substances. The operation was not limited to solid materials alone, as the competent authorities continued to carry out their duties to include the destruction of sixty-three thousand, six hundred and two various narcotic pills, in addition to disposing of one thousand, three hundred and forty-two narcotic drops, as well as destroying one thousand, three hundred and fifty-six milliliters of various narcotic liquids in accordance with approved legal regulations.
