Intel Ministry Dismantles Silverware Smuggling Ring
TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has arrested members of a ring that smuggled cargoes of contraband silver goods into the country, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.
Intelligence forces in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan disbanded the ring that smuggled Chinese silver ornaments into the country, arresting nine people.
The smugglers shipped the contraband silverware from China to Iraq, and then smuggled it to Tehran before distributing them across the country.
The illegal activities of the smugglers had resulted in the closure of many workshops producing silver products in Iran and the unemployment of many of those involved in the industry, the report said.
The detainees have confessed to having smuggled around 23 tonnes of silver ornaments during the past five years, it added.
Intelligence forces in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan disbanded the ring that smuggled Chinese silver ornaments into the country, arresting nine people.
The smugglers shipped the contraband silverware from China to Iraq, and then smuggled it to Tehran before distributing them across the country.
The illegal activities of the smugglers had resulted in the closure of many workshops producing silver products in Iran and the unemployment of many of those involved in the industry, the report said.
The detainees have confessed to having smuggled around 23 tonnes of silver ornaments during the past five years, it added.