2010 Khorasan shootout
Introduction The '''2010 Khorasan shootout''' occurred on January 2, 2010 when Iranian police executing a drug raid were fired upon by drug smugglers near the Iran-Afghanistan border. At least 10 Iranian police were killed; 7 died at the scene and three more died later as a result of injuries sustained during the shooting.It was Iran's deadliest drug smuggling related shootout in recent years. Reports also indicated that 4 additional Iranian policemen were also seriously injured in the shootout, and two drug smugglers were killed.
See also *Opium production in Afghanistan*CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US
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