Interior Ministry: About two and a half million narcotic pills seized

Baghdad, The Spokesman for the Interior and the Security Media Cell, Brigadier General Miqdad Miri, announced: The General Directorate of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Affairs was able to seize about two and a half million Captagon-type narcotic pills in the provinces of Najaf and Anbar. The Ministry of Interior said in a statement, 'today, that death sentences were issued for 11 convicts of drug crimes, bringing the number of those convicted during the past five months to 70. Source: National Iraqi News Agency