the operation involved cooperation among the law enforcement agencies of armenia belarus kazakhstan kyrgyzstan the russian federation and tajikistan with the involvement of the agencies of afghanistan china and iran islamic republic of and interpol as observers similarly the information available to the board shows that heroin seizures decreased among countries in the middle east in heroin seizures which increased significantly in several countries of the region in decreased in particularly in in decreasing order of seizure amounts jordan lebanon saudi arabia and israel in july a joint security operation of pakistan and the united arab emirates resulted in the dismantling of a major heroin ring the arrest of drug traffickers and the seizure of kg of heroin