Libyan Authorities Seize 100,000 Ecstasy Pills Marked With Gaddafi
Security agents intercepted the shipment after a tip-off, and prosecutors were referred a number of suspects.
- On Saturday, Al Rada for Combating Terrorism and Organized Crime, a security agency under the Tripoli-based Presidential Council, intercepted a shipment from Europe at a Libya port, seizing approximately 100,000 XTC pills hidden in a cargo van.
- Images released by Security officials show the brown pills were molded with the face of Muammar Gaddafi, with his distinctive features and robes pressed into each pellet's surface.
- A United Nations Office report released in January identified Libya as a major regional transit hub for synthetic Drugs, with criminal networks exploiting the country's tumultuous political situation to move narcotics across North Africa.
- Officers referred several suspects to prosecutors following the seizure, illustrating enforcement efforts by the Tripoli-based Presidential Council amid Libya's internal divisions.
- Political fractures between the Government of National Unity and forces under Khalifa Haftar complicate enforcement, allowing smugglers to operate with relative impunity across Libya's fractured security environment.
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Tripoli: Security officials said Libyan authorities seized a shipment of tens of thousands of ecstasy pills shaped like Muammar Gaddafi's face, smuggled from Europe. Photos released by a Tripoli security agency showed bags filled with brown pills shaped like Gaddafi's face and shoulders, with his distinctive features and clothing etched onto the surface. A United Nations report stated […]
The anti-terrorism and anti-organized crime deterrent has declared the flight of some 100,000 XTCs to Libya, the post from Europe to Libya... the deterrent is taking down a huge shipment of drugs that appeared first on Libya's eye.
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