A senior Iranian police commander announced on Monday that the country's anti-narcotic police squads have disbanded two networks of drug traffickers and seized large amounts of narcotics after weeks of operations.

According to Fars News Agency, Commander of the anti-drug squad of Iran's Law Enforcement Police General Hamid Reza Hossein-Abadi told reporters, "Police's special operation forces disbanded two big drug-trafficking bands and seized 3743 kg of illicit drugs".

Reminding that the rings operated in several Iranian cities, including Tehran, Isfahan, Orumiyeh, Hamedan, Qazvin and Karaj, Hossein-Abadi said that all members of the two rings had been arrested after two months of intelligence operations.

The commander noted, "19 members of these two major drug bands, including main elements of their networks, have been arrested by the police".

He further stated that the seizure included a 3-ton cargo of opium and 633 kg of hashish, adding that 5 trailers as well as 8 cars were also seized by the police during the operations.

The anti-drug squads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police have intensified their countrywide campaign against drug-trafficking through staging long-term systematic operations in recent months.

Iran lies on a transit corridor between opium producing Afghanistan and drug dealers in Europe.

The Islamic Republic has emerged as the leading country fighting drug trafficking after making 85 percent of the world's total opium seizures.