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Iraq seizes more than one tonne of captagon pills shipped from Syria
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Posted on March 16, 2025
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Iraq's security forces seized 1.1 tonne of captagon pills from Syria, marking the largest drug seizure in the country. Saudi intelligence played a key role in the interception.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq's security forces have seized an estimated 1.1 tonne of captagon pills hidden inside a truck that entered Iraq from Syria via Turkey, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
The drug shipment, the largest ever seized in Iraq, was tracked and intercepted with the assistance of "important information" provided by Saudi's drug enforcement agency, the Interior Ministry spokesperson Brigadier Muqdad Meri said in a televised statement.
Western anti-narcotics officials say the addictive, amphetamine-type stimulant known as captagon has for years been mass-produced in Syria.
Captagon - a mix of amphetamines also known as the "poor man’s cocaine" - is one of the more popular recreational drugs among affluent youth in the Middle East.
(Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed, Editing by Louise Heavens)
The main topic is Iraq's seizure of 1.1 tonne of captagon pills from Syria, marking the largest drug seizure in the country's history.
Captagon is an amphetamine-type stimulant, often referred to as the 'poor man's cocaine', popular among affluent youth in the Middle East.
The shipment was intercepted with the help of crucial information provided by Saudi Arabia's drug enforcement agency.
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