The ECO Workshop on “Combating Narcotic Drugs” was jointly organized by the Police of Iran and ECO-Drug and Organized Crime Coordination Unit (DOCCU) from 16-19 July 2017 at the premises of International Police Academy of the Police University of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The ECO Workshop on “Combating Narcotic Drugs” was jointly organized by the Police of Iran and ECO-Drug and Organized Crime Coordination Unit (DOCCU) from 16-19 July 2017 at the premises of International Police Academy of the Police University of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The main objective of the Workshop was to improve the capacity and level of expertise of anti-narcotic forces of the ECO Member States. Law enforcement officials of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Tajikistan and Republic of Turkey as well as relevant staff of the ECO Secretariat attended the Workshop.
The participants were trained about different kinds of drugs, methods of drug identification, drug-concealment methods, searching and profiling techniques, joint international operations, undercover operations and geopolitics of drugs. During the Workshop, participants exchanged information and the best practices about the aforementioned topics.
The Workshop was formally closed by remarks made by Mr. Seyed Jalaledin Alavi, ECO Deputy secretary General, General Lotfali Bakhtyari, President of the Police University of Iran and General Mohammad Masoud Zahedian, the Chief of Anti-narcotics Police of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Police of Iran also expressed readiness to host the 2nd meeting of Chiefs of Anti-narcotics Police of the ECO Member States and jointly organize with ECO a workshop/training course on the controlled delivery operations and sharing of intelligence information for the ECO Member States in 2017.
At the end of the Workshop participants were granted Certificate of Participation. The participants also thanked NCB Tehran, University of Police of Iran, ECO Secretariat and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
