Iran hangs 20 drug traffickers

05-07-2009

Iran has hanged 20 drug traffickers, just days after putting to death 12 other convicted criminals. The IRNA news agency said the traffickers were executed in a prison in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, after being convicted for buying, selling and possessing various drugs. A total of 700 kilogrammes of heroin, cocaine and opium had been seized from the condemned, who were between 35 and 48 years old.

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