1.   At least two smugglers were killed and two were captured.

2.   Both inspectors were seriously wounded, but one managed to fire back, killing the smuggler.

3.   Five drug smugglers were killed in gun battles with police in southwestern Iran, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported Tuesday.

4.   Four smugglers were killed in the fighting.

5.   Government sources and witnesses said at least four smugglers were killed in two of the border clashes, which began Thursday night.

6.   Government sources and witnesses said at least four smugglers were killed in two of the border clashes, which began Thursday night and continued until after dawn Friday.

7.   In one typical exchange, one suspected smuggler was killed and another arrested on Friday during a gun battle with Russian troops.

8.   One drug smuggler was killed and five others arrested in clashes with anti-narcotics police in northern Mazandaran province, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

9.   Six smugglers have been killed in armed clashes with border guards this month, Kondratyev said.

10.   The border guards, who did not suffer any casualties, fired back, killing the smugglers.