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Security forces in Sulaimaniyah province of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region announced Tuesday that they thwarted an attempt to smuggle books filled with drugs heading to the United Kingdom. According to a statement obtained by The New Arab, the Anti-Drug Directorate of the Kurdistan Region’s Security Agency confiscated 44 books that were filled with liquid amphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth. The operation, based on prior intelligence and meticulous surveillance, revealed that the smugglers intended to introduce the drugs into Kurdistan using an innovative transit method before trafficking …

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